voting right

voting right definition - legal

n

  1. In corporate law, the right of a shareholder to cast a vote in the election of corporate officers and to vote at meetings to decide corporate policy or transactions.
  2. In constitutional law, the right to vote may not be denied to an individual based on race, sex, color, or previous condition of servitude. In addition, in federal elections it is not permissible to charge a poll tax.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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