| 单词 | state of a vote |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstate of a vote c. Scottish. In full state of a vote. The presentation of a matter in the form of a particular question which may be voted on by parliament or some other executive committee. Cf. state v. 8e. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > framing of a question > in form to be voted on state of a vote1701 1701 D. Hume Diary Parl. Scotl. (Bannatyne Club) 44 After a long debate about these two states, moved it might be put to the vote, Which of these two should be the vote. 1703 D. Hume Diary Parl. Scotl. (Bannatyne Club) 101 Then Salton proposed the state of a vote, Whether to give the Act for the Cess a first reading, or to proceed to make Acts for the Security of our Religion, Liberties, and some added, Trade. 1758 T. Smollett Hist. Eng. (1759) IX. 315 The ministry proposed the state of a vote, whether they should first give a reading to Fletcher's act, or to the act of subsidy. 1801 Scots Mag. June 445/2 The Committee agreed to the following state of a vote, Dismiss or Not. 1847 Proc. Gen. Assembly Free Church Scotl. 26 May in Sc. National Dict. at State It was agreed that the vote be taken, and that the state of it be first or second motion. 1995 P. Riley in G. M. Ditchfield et al. Brit. Parl. Lists, 1660–1800 140 In the Scottish Parliaments votes were not invariably formulated in terms of an affirmative and negative. The ‘state of the vote’ varied considerably according to the topic to be decided. < as lemmas |
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