A Treatise on the Election Laws in Scotland: To which is Added an Historical Inquiry Concerning the Municipal Constitutions of Towns and Boroughs ...W. Blackwood, 1827 - 640 pages |
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... present undertaking . His general object has been to give a more condensed view of the Election Law than is to be found in the treatises already before the public . He has usually avoided entering into any lengthened detail of the ...
... present undertaking . His general object has been to give a more condensed view of the Election Law than is to be found in the treatises already before the public . He has usually avoided entering into any lengthened detail of the ...
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... present ideas of that term , because each procu- rator merely appeared for the particular individual who sent him , and not for any greater number . The first approach to a system of proper representation , was in the case of the ...
... present ideas of that term , because each procu- rator merely appeared for the particular individual who sent him , and not for any greater number . The first approach to a system of proper representation , was in the case of the ...
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... present from the following boroughs : -Edinburgh , Perth , Aberdeen , Dundee , Inverkethyn , Carale , Cupar , St Andrews , Monros , Stryvelin , Linlithgow , Haddington , Dumbretane , Rotherglan , Lanark , Dumfries , Peblis . The ...
... present from the following boroughs : -Edinburgh , Perth , Aberdeen , Dundee , Inverkethyn , Carale , Cupar , St Andrews , Monros , Stryvelin , Linlithgow , Haddington , Dumbretane , Rotherglan , Lanark , Dumfries , Peblis . The ...
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... present day2 . Those who claim a right to vote , in virtue of a title not on the roll , may vote at the election under protest ; and it will rest with the House of Lords to determine the weight due to their votes when challenged3 . 1 A ...
... present day2 . Those who claim a right to vote , in virtue of a title not on the roll , may vote at the election under protest ; and it will rest with the House of Lords to determine the weight due to their votes when challenged3 . 1 A ...
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... present , and of the proxies . " It was resolved by the House of Lords , in the month of January 1708 , That a peer of Scotland claiming to sit in ' the House of Peers , by virtue of a patent passed under ' the Great Seal of Great ...
... present , and of the proxies . " It was resolved by the House of Lords , in the month of January 1708 , That a peer of Scotland claiming to sit in ' the House of Peers , by virtue of a patent passed under ' the Great Seal of Great ...
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