单词 | voting right |
释义 | > as lemmasvoting right voting right n. (usually in plural) (a) the right to vote in an election; (b) (Business and Finance) a right entitling the holder of a certain type of stock or share to vote on matters relating to the management of the issuing company; cf. voting adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] suffrage1598 franchise1769 voting right1784 1784 Speech Mr. Hardinge on E.-India Bill, House of Lords 16 Dec. 1783 56 The Bill..curtailed the voting right of the Elector. 1850 C. Manly in North Carolinian (Fayetteville) 13 July It was not to equalize the voting rights of the ‘people’ of North Carolina; but to elect the Democratic candidate..to the Presidency. 1871 Money Market Rev. 8 Apr. 346/2 The Arbitrators..issued their second award... By that award, the voting rights of debenture and shareholders were determined. 2010 Amer. Jrnl. Compar. Law. 58 268 Shareholders..[may] assign their voting right to another person who will be present at the meeting. 2019 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 11 July 11 Republicans..have been erecting obstacles to exercising voting rights, including limiting access to polls, harassment and exclusion of minority voters. < as lemmas |
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