See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, See also:

• MOOT

moot, an See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people; cf. witanagemot)  , a gathering together of persons for the purpose of discussion or for the transaction of business . Public meetings may be either those of statutory bodies or assemblies of persons called together for social, See also:

• POLITICAL

political or other purposes . In the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of statutory bodies, by-See also:

• LAWS

laws usually See also:

• FIX, THEODORE (180o-1846)

fix the See also:

• QUORUM (Lat. for " of whom ")

quorum necessary to constitute a legal See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting . That of limited companies may be either by reference to the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital held, or by a fixed quorum or one in proportion to the number of shareholders . It has been held that in the case of a See also:

• COMPANY

company it takes at least two persons to constitute a meeting (See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

Sharp v . Daws, 1886, 2 Q.B.D . 26) . In the case of public meetings for social, political or other purposes no quorum is necessary . They may be held, if they are for a lawful purpose, in any See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, on any See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day and at any See also:

• HOUR

hour, provided they satisfy certain statutory provisions or by-laws made under the authority of a See also:

• STATUTE

statute for the safety of persons attending such meetings . If, however, a meeting is held in the See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street and it causes an obstruction those convening the meeting may be proceeded against for obstructing the See also:

• HIGHWAY

highway . The See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of a meeting and the subjects to be discussed are entirely within the discretion of those convening it, and whether the meeting is open to the public without See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment, or subject to a See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge or to membership of a specified See also:

• BODY

body or society, those See also:

• PRESENT

present are there merely by virtue of a See also:

• LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence of the conveners, which licence may be revoked at any See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . The See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person whose licence is revoked may be requested to withdraw from the meeting, and on his refusal may be ejected with such force as is necessary .

If he employs violence to those removing him he commits a See also:

• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

breach of the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace for which he may be given into custody . An important See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act has dealt for the first time with the disturbance of a public meeting . The Public Meeting Act 1908 enacted that any person who at a lawful public meeting acts in a disorderly manner for the purpose of preventing the trans- - See also:

• ACTION

action of the business for which the meeting was called together shall be guilty of an offence, and if the offence is committed at a political meeting held' in any See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• CONSTITUENCY (from " constituent," that which forms a necessary part of a thing; Lat. constituere, to create)

constituency between the issue and return of a See also:

• WRIT (O. Eng. gewrit, writ, from writan, to write)

writ, the offence is made an illegal practice within the meaning of the Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act 1883 . Any person who incites another to commit the offence is equally guilty . A public meeting is usually controlled by a chairman, who may be appointed by the conveners or elected by the meeting itself . On the chairman falls the See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty of preserving See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, of calling on persons to speak, deciding points of order, of putting questions to the meeting for decision, and declaring the result and other incidental matters . In See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England it is illegal, by a statute of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George III . (Seditious Meetings Act 1817), . to hold a public meeting in the open See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air within 1 m. of See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall during the sitting of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

Parliament . See C . P . See also:

• BLACKWELL, THOMAS (1701-1757)

Blackwell's See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law of Meetings (191o) .