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Casting vote   /kˈæstɪŋ voʊt/   Listen
noun
Casting  n.  
1.
The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.
2.
The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold.
3.
That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.
4.
The warping of a board.
5.
The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc.
Casting of draperies, the proper distribution of the folds of garments, in painting and sculpture.
Casting line (Fishing), the leader; also, sometimes applied to the long reel line.
Casting net, a net which is cast and drawn, in distinction from a net that is set and left.
Casting voice, Casting vote, the decisive vote of a presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house are equally divided. "When there was an equal vote, the governor had the casting voice."
Casting weight, a weight that turns a balance when exactly poised.


Vote  n.  
1.
An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer. (Obs.)
2.
A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of persons, expressed in some received and authorized way; the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage.
3.
That by means of which will or preference is expressed in elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a ticket; as, a written vote. "The freeman casting with unpurchased hand The vote that shakes the turrets of the land."
4.
Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as, the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence.
5.
Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote.
Casting vote, Cumulative vote, etc. See under Casting, Cumulative, etc.





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... relations of the two bodies. The Governors' meetings were usually attended only by the Principal and the Chief Justice. The former had a double or casting vote in case of dispute. He was virtually in control. The Board of the Royal Institution declared that he did not represent the views of the Governors. Apart from the disagreements arising from a dual management, other ...
— McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 • Cyrus Macmillan
... coroner held the election, the sheriff himself being a candidate, it was his duty to give the casting vote. This prolongation of the jeopardy of the result heightened the popular interest, the more as the officer did not immediately decide upon his ...
— The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories • Charles Egbert Craddock
... of human life. And Sir, you will not say that the Douglas cause was a cause of easy decision, when it divided your Court as much as it could do, to be determined at all. When your Judges were seven and seven, the casting vote of the President must be given on one side or other: no matter, for my argument, on which; one or the other must be taken: as when I am to move, there is no matter which leg I move first. And then, Sir, it was otherwise determined here. No, Sir, a more ...
— Life Of Johnson, Vol. 2 • Boswell
... into the jurors' box was passed, see Lang's New South Wales, vol. i. p. 317-320. "Two absent members of the Legislative Council were known to be opposed to it. Of those present, the governor (Bourke) and five others were in favour of it, while six were against it. The governor gave a second and casting vote." ...
— Australia, its history and present condition • William Pridden
... actual and practical mental efficiency based on its degrees. The total mental efficiency of a man is the resultant of the working together of all his faculties. He is too complex a being for any one of them to have the casting vote. If any one of them do have the casting vote, it is more likely to be the strength of his desire and passion, the strength of the interest he takes in what is proposed. Concentration, memory, reasoning power, inventiveness, ...
— Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals • William James


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