the event of an equal number of votes having been given on either side.
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1745 Revised Charter Yale Coll. in Catal. Yale Univ. (1886) 20 Where an Equivote happens, the President shall have a casting Vote.
1888 A. P. Foster in Advance (Chicago) 1 Mar. 132 In an equi-vote the question shall determine on that side on which the presiding member shall have voted.