Dictionary Search: "Poll" - Pakistan Law Portal

Indefinitum aequipollet universali.

The undefined is equivalent to the whole.

Non refert quid ex aequipollentibus fiat

It does not matter which of two equivalents happens.

Poll

vb. 1. To ask how each member of (a group) individually voted < after the verdict was read, the judge polled the jury>. 2. To question (people) so as to elicit votes, opinions, or preferences <the committee polled 500 citizens about their views>. 3. To receive (a given number of votes) in an election <the third-party candidate polled only 250 votes in the county>.

Pollicitation

Contracts. The offer of a promise. "By a promise we mean an accepted offer as opposed to an offer of a promise, or, as Austin called it, a pollicitation." William R. Anson, Principles of the Law of Contract 6 (Arthur L. Corbin ed., 3d Am. ed. 1919).

Pollute

ub. To corrupt or defile; esp., to contaminate the soil, air, or water with noxious substances. - pollution, n. - polluter, n.

Propositio indefinites aequipollet universali

An indefinite proposition is equal to a general one.

absolute pollution exclusion

See pollution exclusion under EXCLUSION (3).

air pollution

any harmful substance or energy emitted directly or indirectly into the air, esp. if the harm is to the environment or to the public health or welfare.

catchpoll

Hr.;t A sheriff deputy or bailiff. Also spelled catchpol; catchpole. "Catchpol ... (One that catches by the Poll) Though now taken as a word of Contempt, yet in ancient times. it was used, without reproach, for such as we now call Sergeants of the Mace, Bailiffs, or any other that use to Arrest Men upon any Action " Thnmas Blo,int VI"'; Lexicon: A Law-Diction, - .

challenge to the poll

See challenge for cause.

deed poll

A deed made by and binding on only one party, or on two or more parties having similar interests. ( It is so called be cause, traditionally, the parchment was "polled" (that is, shaved) so that it would be even at the top (unlike an indenture). - Also spelled deed poll. Cf. INDENTURE.

poll tax

A fixed tax levied on each person within a jurisdiction. ( The 24th Amendment prohibits the federal and state governments from imposing poll taxes as a condition for voting. - Also termed per capita tax; capitation tax; capitation; head tax.

pollution exclusion

A provision in some commercial general liability policies, excluding coverage for bodily injury or property damages arising from the discharge, dispersal, release, or escape of chemicals, waste, acid, and other pollutants. 0 Pollution-exclusion clauses may take one of two forms: (1) sudden and accidental, and (2) absolute. The sudden-and-accidental clause, usu. limited to polices issued before 1985, contains an exception under which the damages are covered (i.e., exempted from the exclusion) if the discharge or other release was sudden and accidental. The absolute pollution exclusion, in most policies issued since 1985, does not contain this exception.

sudden-and-accidental pollution exclusion