Definition of Vote

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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Vote
    Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    A ballot; an expression in the proper manner of the will of the voter at an election.

  • Vote
    Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    Suffrage; the expression of his will, preference or choice, formally manifested by a member of a legislative or deliberative body or of a constituency or a body of qualified electors, in regard to the decision to be made by the body as a whole upon any proposed measure or proceeding or the selection of an officer or representative. And the aggregate of the expressions of will or choice, thus manifested by individuals, is called the "vbte of the body." See Maynard v. Board of Canvassers, 84 Mich. 228, 47 N. W. 756, 11 L. R. A. 332; Gillespie v. Palmer, 20 Wis. 546; Davis v. Brown, 46 W. Va. 716, 34 S. E. 839.
    —Casting vote. See that title.
    —Cumulative voting. See Cumulative.