Definition of Returning officer

1. Noun. The official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results.


Definition of Returning officer

1. Noun. A local official who oversees the running of an election in a given area. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Returning Officer

returnable
returnables
returne
returned
returnee
returnees
returner
returners
returnest
returneth
returnik
returniks
returning
returning(a)
returning cycle
returning officer
returning officers
returnless
returns
retuse
retweet
retweeted
retweeting
retweets
retwist
retwisted
retwisting
retwists
retying
retype

Literary usage of Returning officer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1857)
"Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the returning officer and Deputy Returning ... The returning officer or his deputy shall provide a locked box, ..."

2. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till by John Campbell Campbell (1849)
"... maliciously hindered from giving it by the returning officer, he may maintain an action against the returning officer for the injury he has suffered ? ..."

3. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1906)
"... made before him to the returning officer, and tho returning officer shall cause tho necessary mark to be made on the register.' "—(Mr. Arthur Henderson. ..."

4. The Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer by Richard Burn, Joseph Chitty, Thomas Chitty (1837)
"The returning officer may, however, if he choose, declare the poll, and proclaim the members immediately after the close. ..."

5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1784)
"Is the returning officer liable to any anión by the freemen ... not induce me to alter my opinion as to the legality of the returning officer's proceedings, ..."

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