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Definition of Balloted
1. ballot [v] - See also: ballot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balloted
Literary usage of Balloted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annals of America: From the Discovery by Columbus in the Year 1492, to by Abiel Holmes (1829)
"This act required, that every parish should send a number of representatives, in
all not exceeding 36 ; and that they should be balloted for at the ..."
2. Colonial Records of the New York Chamber of Commerce, 1768-1784 by New York Chamber of Commerce (1867)
"Meeting, was balloted for and unanimously elected a Member of this Corporation.
Ordered—That notice be sent to him by the Secretary, in writing, ..."
3. The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of Orford: Including Numerous Letters by Horace Walpole, John Wright (1842)
"Last Friday we balloted for the Secret Committee. Except the vacancies, there
were but thirty-one members absent: five hundred and eighteen gave in lists. ..."
4. Club Makers and Club Members by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1914)
"... club members—William Pitt balloted in like Chatham, his father—Makes White's
a Tory club—And vetoes " pilling "—White's hospitalities—White's play—Chief ..."
5. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"There cannot be a ballot for a portion of a jury, but the whole of the preceding
jury must be taken, or a new one wholly balloted ; 13th May 1829, ..."
6. Constantine and Eugene, Or An Evening at Mount Vernon by Charles Kelsall (1818)
"aud as many of its fundholders, from each of which ten, two Electors might be
balloted for. c,observing the same ratio,would depute twenty of each ..."
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