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Meaning of "challenge to the polls" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHALLENGE TO THE POLLS

challenge to the polls  [ˈtʃælɪndʒ tə ðə pəʊlz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHALLENGE TO THE POLLS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Challenge to the polls is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHALLENGE TO THE POLLS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of challenge to the polls in the English dictionary

The definition of challenge to the polls in the dictionary is an objection by counsel to one or more of the individual jurors called to a trial.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHALLENGE TO THE POLLS


bools
bʊlz
Bowles
bəʊlz
bowls
bəʊlz
controls
kənˈtrəʊlz
Fowles
faʊlz
nineholes
ˈnaɪnˌhəʊlz
polls
pəʊlz
Rolls
rəʊlz
Sholes
ʃəʊlz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHALLENGE TO THE POLLS

chalkface
chalkiness
chalklike
chalkpit
chalkstone
chalkstripe
chalky
challah
challenge
challenge to the array
challengeable
challenged
challenger
challenging
challengingly
challie
challis
challoth
Chalon
chalone

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHALLENGE TO THE POLLS

balls
bells
Beverly Hills
by the balls
communication skills
Dead Sea Scrolls
falls
hills
Master of the Rolls
Mills
Niagara Falls
overalls
Patent Rolls
pills
Ragman rolls
stalls
the hills
walls
Wells
Wills

Synonyms and antonyms of challenge to the polls in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «challenge to the polls» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHALLENGE TO THE POLLS

Find out the translation of challenge to the polls to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of challenge to the polls from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «challenge to the polls» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

质疑投票
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desafiar a las urnas
570 millions of speakers

English

challenge to the polls
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चुनाव को चुनौती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تحدي إلى صناديق الاقتراع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вызов на выборы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desafiar às urnas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নির্বাচনে চ্যালেঞ্জ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contester les sondages
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mencabar pemilihan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Herausforderung an die Urnen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

世論調査に挑戦
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

투표소에 도전
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tantangan menyang jajak pendapat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thách thức đối với các cuộc thăm dò
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேர்தல் சவால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मतदान आव्हान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Anketlere meydan okumak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sfidare alle urne
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zaskarżyć do urn
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

виклик на вибори
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

provocare la urne
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρόκληση για τις δημοσκοπήσεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitdaging aan die stembusse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utmana till valurnorna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utfordre til urnene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of challenge to the polls

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHALLENGE TO THE POLLS»

The term «challenge to the polls» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.973 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHALLENGE TO THE POLLS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «challenge to the polls» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «challenge to the polls» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about challenge to the polls

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHALLENGE TO THE POLLS»

Discover the use of challenge to the polls in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to challenge to the polls and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Systematic Arrangement of Lord Coke's First Institute of ...
(14), ib. but the king may challenge for favour, ib. challenge to the array being disallowed, yet the party may challenge the polls, iii. 478. II. Challenge to the polls, ib, challenge to the polls, an exception CHALLENGE—(continued). against the ...
‎1818
2
Pleading and Practice of the High Court of Chancery
The challenge to the polls for f;ivor is of the same nature with the principal challenge propter affectum, but of an inferior degree. The general rule of law is, that the juror shall be indifferent ; and if it appear probable that he is not so, this may be ...
Edmund Robert Daniell, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins, Thomas Emerson Headlam, 1871
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Systematic Arrangement of Lord Coke's First Institute of the ...
Challenge to the polls, ib. Challenge to the polls, an exception against the particular persons, ib. Challenge to the polls fourfold ; peremptory, principal, to the favour, sad for the hundred, ib. Peremptory, ib. Principal, 474. Propter honoris  ...
Sir Edward Coke, John Henry Thomas, Sir Thomas Littleton, 1836
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Dickinson's Guide to the Quarter Sessions and Other Sessions ...
Time of Challenge to the Polls.] — As the challenge to the array must be before any of the jury are sworn, so challenge to the polls must be before the particular jurors are sworn (t). After a challenge to the array, the party may challenge the ...
William Dickinson, Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, 1841
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THE SESSIONAL PAPERS PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, ...
Challenge to the polls for favour. Challenge to polls how tried. Art. 41. If any man returned as a juror for the trial of any issue on any criminal charge shall be qualified in other respects, the want of freehold shall not be accepted as good ground ...
6
A Treatise on the Criminal Law of the State of New York and ...
Challenge to the array is in respect of some supposed partiality or irregularity in the ofiicer making the return or drawing the jury ; and where that fails, recourse may be had to the challenge to the polls. Challenge to the array is either principal  ...
Oliver Lorenzo BARBOUR, 1852
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Chitty's Archbold's Practice of the Court of Queen's Bench, ...
The cause of a principal challenge to the polls, we have seen, is such matter as carries with it, prima facie, evident marks of suspicion either of malice or favour. But when, from circumstances, it appears probable that a juror may be biassed in  ...
John Frederick Archbold, Samuel Prentice, 1866
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The Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer
Challenge to the polls for favour. Finch, 1 12. l Inst, 158. 4'60. 2 Marsh. 1541. See also Norman v. Beaumont, Will. 48%. Wra v. Thorn, Will. 4-88. (3? Challenge to the polls for favour. This is when either party cannot take any principal challenge  ...
Richard Burn, Sir George Chetwynd, 1820
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A treatise on the powers and duties of justices of the peace ...
After you have taken a challenge to the polls you cannot challenge the array, but a challenge to the array may be made at any time before one of the jurors is sworn, and a challenge to the polls at any time before the juror challenged is sworn ...
Henry G. Cotton, 1845
10
The practice of the Court of King's Bench in personal ...
The challenge to the polls for favour, is of the same nature with/ the principal challenge propter affectum, but of an inferior degree. The general rule of law is, that the juror shall be indifferent ; and if it appear probable that he is not so, this may ...
John Frederick Archbold, Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, 1823

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHALLENGE TO THE POLLS»

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After the flood, the ballot
However, the PDP rules out any weather challenge to the polls by citing that the last Assembly polls were also held in December. “In the ... «Tehelka, Oct 14»

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