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421 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. A.6 (Noah Webster)
… his vote, - In criminal trials, A stood for absolvo, I acquit, C for condemno, I condemn; and N L for non liquet, it is not evident; and the judges voted by ballots this …
422 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. AFFIRMATIVE.6 (Noah Webster)
AFFIRMATIVE, n. That side of a question which affirms or maintains; opposed to negative; as, there were seventy votes in the affirmative, and thirty-five in the negative.
423 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. AGAINST.6 (Noah Webster)
3. In opposition, noting competition, or different sides or parties; as, there are twenty votes in the affirmative against ten in the negative.
424 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. AMBITION.1 (Noah Webster)
AMBITION, n. [L. ambitio, from ambio, to go about, or to seek by making interest, of amb, about, and eo, to go. See Ambages. This word had its origin in the practice of Roman candidates for office, who went about the city to solicit votes.]
425 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. AMPHICTYONS.1 (Noah Webster)
… and vote in all matters relating to the common interests of Greece.
426 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BALLOT.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A ball used in voting. Ballots are of different colors; those of one color give an affirmative; those of another, a negative. They are privately put into a box or urn.
427 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BALLOT.3 (Noah Webster)
2. A ticket or written vote, being given in lieu of a ballot, is now called by the same name.
428 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BALLOT.4 (Noah Webster)
3. The act of voting by balls or tickets.
429 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BALLOT.5 (Noah Webster)
BALLOT, v.i. To vote by ballot, that is, by putting little balls of different colors into a box, the greater number of one color or the other determining the result.
430 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BALLOT.6 (Noah Webster)
2. To vote by written papers or tickets.
431 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BALLOTATION.1 (Noah Webster)
BALLOTATION, n. A voting by ballot. [Little used.]
432 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BISHOP.9 (Noah Webster)
… concurrent vote of the clergy and laity, in convention, each body voting separately. Before a bishop can be consecrated, he must receive a testimonial of approbation …
433 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CANVASS.3 (Noah Webster)
2. To examine returns of votes; to search or scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes for senators.
434 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CANVASS.5 (Noah Webster)
1. To seek or go about to solicit votes or interest; to use efforts to obtain; to make interest in favor of; followed by for; as, to canvass for an office, or preferment; to canvass for a friend.
435 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CANVASS.7 (Noah Webster)
1. Examination; close inspection to know the state of; as a canvass of votes.
436 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CANVASSER.2 (Noah Webster)
1. One who solicits votes, or goes about to make interest.
437 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CANVASSER.3 (Noah Webster)
2. One who examines the returns of votes for a public officer.
438 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CAST.27 (Noah Webster)
17. To make to preponderate; to throw into one scale, for the purpose of giving it superior weight; to decide by a vote that gives a superiority in numbers; as, to cast the balance in ones favor; a casting vote or voice.
439 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CASTING-VOTE.1 (Noah Webster)
CASTING-VOTE, CASTING-VOICE, n. The vote of a presiding officer, in an assembly or council, which decides a question, when the votes of the assembly or house are equally divided between the affirmative and negative.
440 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CASTING-VOTE.2 (Noah Webster)
When there was an equal vote, the Governor had the casting voice.