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Definition of Precincts
1. precinct [n] - See also: precinct
Lexicographical Neighbors of Precincts
Literary usage of Precincts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"When all the ballots cast at all the precincts in an election held in the county
have been kept in proper custody, and the packages of ballots voted at one ..."
2. Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University, Herbert Baxter Adams (1889)
"North Carolina precincts and Parishes. The history of local government in North
Carolina begins with the Fundamental Constitutions of Locke drafted in 1669. ..."
3. Journal by California Legislature. Assembly, California, Legislature (1912)
"All that portion of the county of Los Angeles included within and comprising the
following election precincts and parts of election ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The precincts are divided across the centre by a wall, running from N. to S.,
... The precincts are entered by a gateway (P), at the extreme western ..."
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