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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]