Suffrage
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Suffrage
The right to vote at public elections.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
SUFFRAGE, government. Vote; the act of voting.
2. The right of suffrage is given by the constitution of the United
States, art. 1, s. 2, to the electors in each state, as shall have the
qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the
state legislature. Vide 2 Story on the Const. Sec. 578, et seq.; Amer.
Citiz. 201; 1 Bl. Com. 171; 2 Wils. Lect. 130; Montesq. Esp. des Lois, Ii v.
11, c. 6; 1 Tucker's Bl. Com. App. 52, 3. See Division of opinion.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.