Legal Definition and Related Resources of Cast
Meaning of Cast
(Law Fr. jecter, getter; Lat. projicere). In old English practice. To allege, offer, or present; to put forward. To cast an essoign was to allege an excuse for the failure of a party to appear in court, on the return of the original writ. 3 Steph. Comm. 659; 3 Bl. Comm. 278; Roscoe, Real Actions, 156. To cast a protection was to present or allege it as an excuse. Co. Litt. 128a. 130, 131; 3 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 406. This word is now used as a popular, rather than a technical, term, in the sense of to overcome, overthrow, or defeat in a civil action at law. Webster.
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Synonyms of Cast
(Register), verb
- assert
- ballot
- commit oneself
- deposit formally
- effect
- establish
- exercise one’s choice
- exercise one’s options
- give a vote
- go to the polls
- hold up one’s hand
- make a choice
- make a decision
- make a selection
- make an entry
- make one’s choice
- make one’s selection
- mark down
- place on record
- poll
- put down
- put on record
- record
- register one’s vote
- select
- tabulate
- vote
- Associated Concepts: votes cast
(Throw), verb
- bestrew
- catapult
- conicere
- disseminate
- distribute
- eject
- emit
- fling
- force
- hurl
- iactare
- impart
- impel
- launch
- let off
- mittere
- project
- propel
- put into motion
- radiate
- send forth
- send off
- shed
- spread
- toss
English Spanish Translation of Cast
To cast a vote: Votar
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