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Arrondissement
(gcide) | Arrondissement \Ar`ron`disse`ment"\, n. [F., fr. arrondir to
make round; ad + rond round, L. rotundus.]
A subdivision of a department. [France]
[1913 Webster]
Note: The territory of France, since the revolution, has been
divided into departments, those into arrondissements,
those into cantons, and the latter into communes.
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scrutin d'arrondissement
(gcide) | Scrutin de liste \Scru`tin" de liste"\ (skr[.u]`t[a^]N" d[~e]
l[=e]st). [F., voting by list.]
Voting for a group of candidates for the same kind of office
on one ticket or ballot, containing a list of them; -- the
method, used in France, as from June, 1885, to Feb., 1889, in
elections for the Chamber of Deputies, each elector voting
for the candidates for the whole department in which he
lived, as disting. from
scrutin d'arrondissement (d[.a]`r[^o]N`d[=e]s`m[aum]N"), or
voting by each elector for the candidate or candidates for
his own arrondissement only.
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