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  • Candidates

    Meaning of Candidates Overview and more information about Candidates For a more comprehensive understanding of Candidates, see in the general part of the online platform.[rtbs name=”xxx-xxx”] Resources Translation of Candidates Thesaurus of Candidates See also Economic analysis Econometrics […]

  • Code of Conduct

    Code of Conduct Code of conduct in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of code of conduct. Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Code of Conduct in Spanish Online translation of the […]

  • Opinion Poll

    Opinion Poll (for an Election) in Voting Law Definition of Opinion Poll (for an Election) in the context of the United States election law: Scientific, quantitative sociological research, based on a representative sample of voters. It is used to determine the opinion of voters on parties and […]

  • Public Financing

    Public Financing in Voting Law Definition of Public Financing in the context of the United States election law: Sums of money provided by the state to parties or candidates running in an election to cover costs incurred by their participation, in particular during the election campaign.

  • Freedom of Assembly

    Freedom of Assembly in Voting Law Definition of Freedom of Assembly in the context of the United States election law: Right for all candidates and political parties to campaign freely without unreasonable restriction, hold meetings and travel freely. It also requires that voters should be free […]

  • Allocation of Seats

    Allocation of Seats in Voting Law Definition of Allocation of Seats in the context of the United States election law: Distribution of seats obtained by a party or list of independent candidates, based on the number of votes obtained by each party or individual candidate. Depending on the […]

  • Appeal

    Grammar This term is a verb. Etimology of Appeal (You may find appeal at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). early 14c., originally in legal sense of “to call” to a higher judge or court, from Anglo-French apeler “to call upon, accuse,” Old […]

  • Appeal

    Grammar This term is a verb. Etimology of Appeal (You may find appeal at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). early 14c., originally in legal sense of “to call” to a higher judge or court, from Anglo-French apeler “to call upon, accuse,” Old […]

  • Absolute Majority

    Absolute Majority in Voting Law Definition of Absolute Majority in the context of the United States election law: System in which a candidate (or list of candidates) is elected by obtaining more than 50% of the votes.

  • Structural Funds

    Concept of Structural funds An introductory definition of structural funds in relation to the European Union law and policies is available here: The collective name given to four (or perhaps more properly five) funds set up to assist underdeveloped, declining or economically stagnant regions […]

  • Election Programme

    Election Platform or Manifesto or Programme in Voting Law Definition of Election Platform or Manifesto or Programme in the context of the United States election law: The principles, values and projects that one or more candidates or political party present during their campaign and commit to […]

  • Ticket

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Ticket Meaning of Ticket In essence a contract certifying that the holder thereof is entitled to some right or privilege therein mentioned such as theater tickets, lottery tickets, etc. <div […]

  • Preferential Voting

    A system under which a voter is permitted or required to express more than one choice of candidates for the same office by indicating on the ballot his first, second and third choice and so on. Under this system, if any candidate receives a majority of the votes in the category of first choice, […]

  • Candidate

    A state ex rel. Graham v Hall, 15 N. W.2d 736, 73 N.D. 428.

  • Political Rights

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Political rights Meaning of Political rights Rights which may be exercised in the formation or administration of the government, the word rights, as so used, being synonymous with power. 90 111. 563. A […]