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Wharncliffe (iou)



Wharncliffe noun. M19.
[James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe (1776-1845).]
Used attrib. to designate a standing order in Parliament requiring the directors of a company wishing to promote a private Bill for the extension of the company's powers to secure the consent of its shareholders, or a meeting at which this consent is sought.