Found 2 items, similar to Casting vote.
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Definition: casting vote
casting vote
n : the deciding vote cast by the presiding officer to resolve a
tie
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Casting vote
Vote
\Vote\, n. [L. votum a vow, wish, will, fr. vovere, votum,
to vow: cf. F. vote. See
Vow.]
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1. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer. [Obs.]
--Massinger.
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2. A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of
persons, expressed in some received and authorized way;
the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or
choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the
person voting has an interest in common with others,
either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws,
rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage.
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3. That by means of which will or preference is expressed in
elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a
ticket; as, a written vote.
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The freeman casting with unpurchased hand
The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.
--Holmes.
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4. Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal
decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as,
the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence.
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5. Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote.
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Casting vote,
Cumulative vote, etc. See under
Casting,
Cumulative, etc.
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Casting
\Cast"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.
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2. The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of
shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process
of pouring molten metal into a mold.
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3. That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so
cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.
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4. The warping of a board. --Brande & C.
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5. The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as
skin, feathers, excrement, etc.
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Casting of draperies, the proper distribution of the folds
of garments, in painting and sculpture.
Casting line (Fishing), the leader; also, sometimes applied
to the long reel line.
Casting net, a net which is cast and drawn, in distinction
from a net that is set and left.
Casting voice,
Casting vote, the decisive vote of a
presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house
are equally divided.
“When there was an equal vote, the
governor had the casting voice.” --B. Trumbull.
Casting weight, a weight that turns a balance when exactly
poised.
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