Casting Vote

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The deciding vote In a deliberative or parliamentary body, cast by the presiding officer in the event of a tie. It sometimes signifies only such a vote, and sometimes the double vote of one who first votes as a member, and afterwards votes to cast off the tie, if one results. 1 Bl. Comm. 181, note; Jacob, “Parliament” (7).

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