The affirmative and negative votes on a bill or measure before a legislative assembly. "Calling the yeas and nays" is calling for the individual and oral vote of each member, usually upon a call of the roll. The list of members of a legislative body voting in the affirmative and negative of a proposition is so called. 2. The constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. 5, … [Read more...]

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Employment contracts where the employer prohibits the employee from joining a labor union. These contracts are unenforceable and illegal. … [Read more...]

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(1) In English law. A commoner ; a freeholder under the rauk of gentleman. Cowell A man who has free land of forty shillings by the year; who was anciently thereby qualified to serve on juries, vote for knights of the shire, and do any other act, Where the law requires one that is probus et legalis homo. This term is occasionally used In American law, but without any definite … [Read more...]