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ballot
French ballotte, a little ball for voting. n. A ball or a ticket used in voting; a paper embodying a vote; also, the whole number of votes cast. v. To decide by voting. In French dictionaries, defined as "the act of voting by ballas or tickets by putting the same into a box or urn"; also as, "secret voting by means of a ball or ticket". The word did not change its meaning when adopted into the English language.
Source : William C. Anderson, A Dictionary of Law (1893)
Language : English