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Definition of Counterfoils
1. counterfoil [n] - See also: counterfoil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterfoils
Literary usage of Counterfoils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Acts of the Parliament of Western Australia by Western Australia (1900)
"Having thus dealt with the counterfoils, the Returning Officer shall proceed to
open the envelopes containing the ballot papers received up to the close of ..."
2. Observations on the Law and Practice in Regard to Municipal Elections and by Sir James D Marwick (1879)
"At the close of the poll the stitching of the ballot book in use must be cut, so
as to admit of all the unused ballot papers, with their counterfoils, ..."
3. Calendar of the Records of the Country of Derby (1899)
"counterfoils, 1887 to 1898. 11. Newspapers relating to Cavendish and Harrington
Bridges. 12. (a) Petition against Nottingham Corporation Trent Navigation ..."
4. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1866)
"(•Absence from his Office, by the Assistant Comptroller. mil. unless otherwise
directed by the Treasury, Two counterfoils •hill lie made to every such ..."
5. "Cape Times" Law Reports: A Record of Every Matter Disposed of in the by South Africa Supreme Court (1899)
"That the marked lists of voters have been sealed up in envelopes together with
the counterfoils of the ballot papers by the various Polling Officers whose ..."
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