RIGHT OF ELECTION
Dictionary entry overview: What does right of election mean? • RIGHT OF ELECTION (noun)
The noun RIGHT OF ELECTION has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: RIGHT OF ELECTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RIGHT OF ELECTION (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("right of election" is a kind of...):
legal right (a right based in law)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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