Also known as: lobby votes · division · lobby division
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An expression of preference in a meeting or election, to which the term cross-references under the general definition of vote.
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Latoya Lane and Leah Lamb, lawyers not in the same firm, agree to split a fee from a client matter. Lane performs sixty percent of the work while Lamb assumes joint responsibility for the representation. The division satisfies the rule because it reflects the services each performed, and the client lobby records a lobby vote approving the arrangement.
Lila Lin and Levi Lowe each pollute separate parcels of land. Their actions cause distinct harms that a court can divide according to each person's contribution. Each defendant is liable only for the portion of harm he caused, after the affected owners conduct a lobby vote on allocation.
Lucy Liu, a defendant in a state-court civil action, files a notice of removal in the federal district court for the district and division where the action is pending. The notice contains a short and plain statement of the grounds and attaches all process served on her, following a lobby vote by co-defendants.
Layla Lane's father gave her a parcel of land during his life. His contemporaneous writing states that the gift is to be taken into account when computing the division of his intestate estate. The gift is therefore treated as an advancement against her share after heirs hold a lobby vote.
Linden Bank and Lakeshore Industries enter a shareholder agreement that governs the exercise and division of voting power between shareholders and directors, including weighted voting rights. The agreement is enforceable under the statute once confirmed by lobby vote.
Lone Peak Energy's founder and his spouse divorce. The divorce revokes any revocable disposition of property the founder made to the former spouse in a governing instrument, unless the instrument or a marital contract provides otherwise, as ratified by a lobby vote of remaining beneficiaries.
Black's Law Dictionary defines lobby vote by cross-reference to the general entry for vote, indicating it is a form of expressing preference in a meeting or election.
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The general definition of vote covers any expression of preference by ballot, show of hands, or other communication, allowing specialized variants to be understood as particular applications of that core concept.
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