This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... (2) Corrupt or illegal practices on the part of the elected.. candidate or his agents. (3) Irregularities in the votes, which, upon a scrutiny, would reduce the majority to a minority. (4) Irregularities invalidating the whole election. Matters not of themselves sufficient to avoid an election are alleged at the petitioner's risk as to costs (The Staleybridye Case, 19 L. T. N. S. 660). IV. What A Petition Must Contain. (1) A petition must state the right of the petitioner to petition within 31 & 32 Vict. e. 125, s. 5 (v. supra, p. 208); and (2) The holding and result of the election and (briefly) the facts and grounds relied on to sustain the prayer (General Eules (England), r. 2). Note.--These rules are of the same force as if they were enacted in the body of the Act of 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 125, s. 25). The rules passed by the Scots and Irish judges under the Act are almost identical with those framed by the English judges. Where there is any difference, it is pointed out in the following pages as far as they go. (3) It must conclude with a prayer, and he signed by the petitioner or petitioners (General Eules (England r. 4; 31 & 32 Vict. c. 125, s. 6). Note.--A petition must also be divided into paragraphs, confined as nearly as may be to distinct portions of the subject, and these paragraphs must be numbered (General Rules (England), r. 3). Poem Of Petition. (England and Ireland.) In the High Court of Justice. Queen's Bench Division. The Parliamentary Elections Act, 1868. Election for state the place holden on the day of, A.D. T/ie petition of A., of or of A., of, and B., of as the case may be, whose names are subscribed. 1. Your petitioner, A., is a person who voted or had a right to vote, as the case may be, at the above election...