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Definition of Polling

1. n. The act of topping, lopping, or cropping, as trees or hedges.

Definition of Polling

1. Verb. (present participle of poll) ¹

2. Noun. the action of taking a poll ¹

3. Noun. (computing) A technique that continually interrogates a peripheral device to see if it has data to transfer ¹

4. Noun. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Polling

1. poll [v] - See also: poll

Medical Definition of Polling

1. 1. The act of topping, lopping, or cropping, as trees or hedges. 2. Plunder, or extortion. 3. The act of voting, or of registering a vote. Polling booth, a temporary structure where the voting at an election is done; a polling place. See: Poll the head. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polling

Literary usage of Polling

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

1. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1906)
"Copy presented, of Order made by the Council of the Borough of Birkenhead, altering one of the polling Districts in the Borough [by Act] ; to lie upon the ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law Relating to Municipal Corporations in England and Wales by Thomas James Arnold, Samuel George Johnson (1883)
"polling die- tricts. polling stations. must prepare the parish burgess lists in conformity with the polling districts (sect. 64). The borough, or each ward, ..."

3. The Statutes of Nova Scotia by Nova Scotia (1892)
"An Act to amend Chapter 102 of the Acts of 1891, entitled, " An Act to divide a certain polling District in the County of Pictou and from such division to ..."

4. A Brief for the Trial of Civil Issues Before a Jury by Austin Abbott, William Charles Wermuth (1922)
"413, where it was held that a polling after recording was of no effect, even though it took place before the jury were discharged, and one. of the jurors ..."

5. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1832)
"Provided always, and be it enacted, That for the Purpose of assigning such Districts to every polling Place as aforesaid, every Liberty, Franchise, ..."

6. The Jurist by Great Britain Courts (1863)
"Every such declaration or order for creating additional polling-places and the polling districts for the same, or for discontinuing or altering any polling ..."

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