Rotten boroughs
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Rotten-boroughs — Rotten boroughs, s.u. Borough 2) … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Rotten boroughs — Rotten boroughs, s. Borough … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Rotten boroughs — Bourgs pourris Bourgs pourris, en anglais rotten boroughs, est le nom sous lequel on a flétri en Angleterre, au XIXe siècle, certaines circonscriptions où l on faisait du trafic du droit d élection. Ces localités, jadis importantes, mais qui … Wikipédia en Français
rotten boroughs — Small English boroughs which, notwithstanding their decline in population, returned members to parliament … Ballentine's law dictionary
Cornish rotten boroughs — The Cornish rotten boroughs were one of the most striking anomalies of the Unreformed House of Commons in the Parliament that ruled Britain before the Reform Act of 1832. Cornwall had 20 boroughs electing 40 Members of Parliament (MPs) at the… … Wikipedia
Rotten and pocket boroughs — The term rotten or decayed borough referred to a parliamentary borough or constituency in Great Britain and Ireland which had a very small population and was controlled and used by a patron to exercise undue and unrepresentative influence within… … Wikipedia
Rotten Borough — Der Begriff rotten borough (verfaulte Stadt) steht für Wahlkreise im Königreich England (vor 1707), dem Königreich Großbritannien (1707 1801), dem Königreich Irland (1541 1801) und dem Vereinigten Königreich von Großbritannien und Irland (ab… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Rotten borough — Der Begriff rotten borough (verfaulte Stadt) steht für Wahlkreise im Königreich England (vor 1707), dem Königreich Großbritannien (1707–1801), dem Königreich Irland (1541–1801) und dem Vereinigten Königreich von Großbritannien und Irland (ab… … Deutsch Wikipedia
rotten borough — 1. (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough that had very few voters yet was represented in Parliament. 2. an election district that has more representatives in a legislative body than the number of its constituents would normally… … Universalium
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