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... Returning Officers . HAVING treated of the nature of writs and of the man- ner in which they are made out and issued , we shall next enquire who are the proper officers to execute them , and shortly examine into the general outline of ...
... Returning Officers . HAVING treated of the nature of writs and of the man- ner in which they are made out and issued , we shall next enquire who are the proper officers to execute them , and shortly examine into the general outline of ...
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... returning officers is more fully entered into and discussed under the particular head to which it is immediately applicable . expired , un- der sheriff to act . acting and consis- ble to cen- With respect to their general duty , it need ...
... returning officers is more fully entered into and discussed under the particular head to which it is immediately applicable . expired , un- der sheriff to act . acting and consis- ble to cen- With respect to their general duty , it need ...
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... returning officers , in deciding upon the capacity or incapacity of candidates , it is not within the province of any returning officer to judge thereupon , further than will hereafter appear , in the following sec- tion ; but with ...
... returning officers , in deciding upon the capacity or incapacity of candidates , it is not within the province of any returning officer to judge thereupon , further than will hereafter appear , in the following sec- tion ; but with ...
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... Returning officer acts ministeri- ally . H. C. 355 Hale on Parl . 116 . Aliens also , as being ignorant of the laws ... returning officers with the power of judging the ability or the disability of candidates . In this respect they have ...
... Returning officer acts ministeri- ally . H. C. 355 Hale on Parl . 116 . Aliens also , as being ignorant of the laws ... returning officers with the power of judging the ability or the disability of candidates . In this respect they have ...
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... officer to whom the writ is directed , is in no instance more than a medium of delivery , and it seems that he may either forward the writ itself , or make out a separate instrument to the sheriff ; Roe p . 395. but ... Returning officers ·
... officer to whom the writ is directed , is in no instance more than a medium of delivery , and it seems that he may either forward the writ itself , or make out a separate instrument to the sheriff ; Roe p . 395. but ... Returning officers ·
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Page 59 - Ireland at the time elected, and not having declined to serve for any county, city, or borough of Great Britain, to concern himself in the election of members to serve for the Commons in Parliament...
Page clxxii - House has met before that day, or will meet on the day of the issue), issue his warrant to the clerk of the Crown to make out a new writ for electing another member in the room of the member whose seat has so become vacant.
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