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单词 the yeas have it
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the yeas have it
2. Chiefly in plural. A person who votes in favour of a proposal, originally in a parliamentary division (division n. 8) and now esp. in the U.S. Congress. Frequently in the yeas have it: those voting in favour of a proposal are in the majority; a proposal has been voted for. Usually contrasted with nay or no. Cf. aye n. 2b.
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the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > vote in the affirmative > those who
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1647 J. Lilburne Rash Oaths Unwarrantable 47 The question being put, whether an answer shall be given to this Petition at this present, the house was devided the yeas went forth.
1648 C. Walker Relations & Observ. ii. 89 The Question put: The Speaker gave judgment, the Yeas had it.
1781 J. Hatsell Precedents Proc. House of Commons 73 If this question for adjournment takes place before four o'clock in the afternoon, and there is a division upon it, the Yeas go forth; if after four o'clock, the Noes.
1789 Massachusetts Spy 29 Jan. 3/2 197 Members present—Yeas 101.
1830 Reg. Deb. Congr. 6 859 All that is required, is that the Clerk at your table should count over the votes, and the Speaker pronounce ‘the yeas have it,’ and the work of desolation is done.
1845 W. L. Mackenzie Lives Butler & Hoyt 199 Honest Jasper Ward was a yea, and when the vote came up next Nov. for a repeal he and Bowman bolted.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xiii. 176 If one-fifth of a quorum demand a call of yeas and nays, this is taken.
1946 Jrnl. Politics 8 129 All but six of the yeas were from the North.
1984 Coe Cosmos (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 9 May 3/4 Various tactics were used during the convention to get certain planks passed, including: calls for division of the house, in which the yeas and nays were recognized by standing.
2016 S. Coonts Liberty's Last Stand vi. 83 The speaker called for a voice vote. The yeas had it.
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