statutory voting

statutory voting definition - finance
A shareholder voting method whereby a shareholder must vote for a different candidate for each available seat. It is in contrast to cumulative voting, in which a shareholder can place all of his votes for one candidate.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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