King v Jones
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king-v-jones-269-16735568
title:
King v Jones
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King v Jones was an Australian court case decided in the High Court of Australia on 1 September 1972. It concerned section 41 of the Australian Constitution, and whether that section gave a person who had the right to vote in elections in South Australia the right to vote in elections at a federal level. The main issue in the case was the meaning of the words "adult person" in section 41. The court decided that those words only applied to people who had attained the age of 21. A more significant
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Judgement of the High Court of Australia
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2023-04-13T18:22:01Z
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