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Right of election   /raɪt əv ɪlˈɛkʃən/   Listen
Right of election

noun
1.
In probate law: the legal right of a surviving spouse to elect to take either what the deceased spouse gave under the will or the share of the estate as set forth by statute.






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"Right of election" Quotes from Famous Books



... election rendered a majority more probable; for the fewer the electors are, the greater is the chance of their coming to a final decision. It also offered an additional probability of a judicious choice. It then remained to be decided whether this right of election was to be intrusted to the legislative body, the habitual representative assembly of the nation, or whether an electoral assembly should be formed for the express purpose of proceeding to the nomination of a president. ...
— American Institutions and Their Influence • Alexis de Tocqueville et al



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