Dictionary Search: "lot" - Pakistan Law Portal

Absentee ballot

a ballot that a voter submits, sometimes by mail, before an election see absentee voting under voting.

Australian ballot

a ballot characterized by a variety of safeguards designed to maintain secrecy in voting. ( australian ballots are widely used in various forms in the united states.

Ballot

n. 1. A small ball or ticket used for indicating a vote. 2. The system of choosing persons for office by marking a paper or by drawing papers with names on them from a receptacle. 3. The formal record of a person's vote

Ballot box

a locked box into which ballots are deposited.

Board of Green Cloth.

Hist. A group of persons responsible for governing the royal-household staff, esp. in financial matters such as accounting for expenses and paying servants' wages. 0 The Board consisted of the Lord Steward and inferior officers, and its name derived from the green cloth that covered the table used by the Board to conduct its duties. In more ancient times, it kept the peace and main-

Dutch lottery

A lottery in which tickets are drawn from classes, and the number and value of prizes are fixed and increasing with each class. ( This type of lottery originated in Holland in the 16th century. - Also termed class lottery.

Genoese lottery

A lottery in which, out of 90 consecutive numbers, five are drawn by lot, each player wagering that one or more of the numbers they have chosen will be drawn. 0 This type of lottery originated in Genoa in about 1530. - Also termed number lottery; numerical lottery.

Green Cloth

See BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH.

Joint ballot

parliamentary practirce. ," vote by legislators of both houses sitting together as one body.

Lottery

A method of raising revenues, esp. state-government revenues, by selling tickets and giving prizes (usu. large cash prizes) to those who hold tickets with winning numbers that are drawn at random. - Also termed lotto.

Massachusetts ballot

a ballot in which, under each office, the names of candidates and party designations are printed in alphabetical order. ( this is a type of australian ballot. Office-block ballot a ballot that lists the candidates' names under the title of the office sought without mentioning the candidates party affiliations. Party-column ballot. A ballot that lists the candidates' names in separate columns by political party regardless of the o

Pilot

See COMPULSORY PILOT; VOLUNTARY PILOT.

Pilotage

1 The navigating of vessels: the business of navigating vessels. 2. Compensation that a pilot receives for navigating a vessel, esp. into and out of harbor or through a channel or passage.

Plot

n. 1. A measured piece of land; LOT (1). 2. A plan forming the basis of a conspiracy.

Plottage

The increase in value achieved by combining small, undeveloped tracts of land into larger tracts of land.

Secret ballot

a vote cast in such a way that the person voting cannot be identified. "the secret ballot, when used to protect citizens when choosing their representatives, is a hallmark of a democratic system of government; but, when it is used to conceal a public official's vote, it violates the fundamental tenet of an elected or appointed official's ultimate accountability to the electorate." op. Tex. Att'y gen h-1163 (1978).4. A list of candidates running for office. Ballot, ub.

allotment

n. 1. a share or portion of some thing, such as property previously held in common or shares in a corporation. 2. in american indian law, the selection of specific land awarded to an individual allottee from a common holding. - allot, ub.

allotment certificate

securities. a document that records the essential elements of a subscription of shares, as how many shares are to be purchased, the price to be paid, and the payment and delivery schedule.

allotment note

english law. a seaman's written assignment of a portion of his wages to a wife, parent, grandparent, or sibling. 0 these notes are governed by the merchant shipping act of 1970, § 13(1).

allotment system

english law. the practice of dividing land into small portions for cultivation by agricultural laborers and others.

allottee

one to whom an allotment is made; a recipient of an allotment.

anhlote

n. hist. a single tribute or tax paid according to custom, such as scot and lot. see scot and lot.

blotter.

1. See ARREST RECORD. 2. See WASTE BOOK.

board lot.

See round lot under LOT (3)

class lottery.

See Dutch lottery under LOTTERY

cloture

n. The procedure of ending debate in a legislative body and calling for an immediate vote. - cloture, ub.

compulsory pilot

Maritime law. A ship pilot entitled by law to guide a ship for a particular purpose, such as piloting the ship into harbor. 0 The compulsory nature of the appointment relieves the vessel's owner of personal liability if the pilot causes a collision. Cf. VOLUNTARY PI. LOT."The compulsory pilot presents a special problem. Statutes that impose a fine or imprisonment for the failure to take a pilot obviously create compulsory pilotage. Some statutes, however, allow the ship to refuse the pilot provided she pays his fee or half of it (half-pilotage'). The Supreme Court has indicated that it does not regard the tendering of this alternative as amounting to compulsion. It makes a difference, because it is pretty well settled that if the pilotage is compulsory' the respondeat superior nexus is broken, and the shipowner cannot be held personally liable for the fault of the pilot resulting in collision. The ship's liability in rem, however, is unaffected by the fact that the pilotage is compulsory. Thi

compulsory pilotage

A requirement, imposed by law in some jurisdictions, that vessels approaching or leaving a harbor must take on a licensed pilot to guide the vessel into or out of the harbor.

drawing lots

An act of selection or decisionmaking based on pure chance, with the result depending on the particular lot drawn. ( Jurors are usu. instructed by the court not to base their verdict on drawing lots or similar methods of chance.

even lot

See round lot under LOT (3).

flotage.

See FLOTSAM

flotation cost

A cost incurred in issuing additional stock.

flotation cost.

See COST (I).

floterial district

A legislative district that includes several separate districts or political subdivisions that independently would not be entitled to additional representation, but whose conglomerate population entitles the district to another seat in the legislative body being apportioned.

floterial district.

See DISTRICT.

flotsam

Goods that float on the water's surface after being abandoned at sea. -Also termed floatage; flotage. Cf. JETSAM; LAGAN; WAVESON.

half-pilotage

Compensation equaling half the value of services that a pilot has offered to perform. ( Shipowners can avoid compulsory pilotage in some jurisdictions by payment of half-pilotage.

half-pilotage.

See PILOTAGE.

joint ballot

See BALLOT (3).

lot

1 A tract of land, esp. one having specific boundaries or being used for a given purpose.

lot and scot

Hist. A collection of duties paid by voters before voting in certain cities and boroughs.

lot line

A land boundary that separates one tract from another <from the street to the alley, the lot line is 150 feet>.

metelotage

[French] 1. French law. The leasing of a ship. 2. A seaman's wages.

minimum lot

A lot that has the least amount of square footage allowed by a local zoning law.

nonconforming lot

See LOT (1).

number lottery

See Genoese lottery under LOTTERY.

numerical lottery