| override_editor, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition…
“ The report of the judge is equivalent to the report of an election committee under the old system. Petitions may be presented by the following persons :— (1) some person who has voted or had the right to vote at the election; (2) some person claiming to have a right to be returned or elected,- (3) some person alleging himself to have been a candidate. The trial of a petition shall be proceeded with notwithstanding the acceptance by the respondent of an office of profit under the Crown, and notwithstanding the prorogation of Parlia- ment ”
