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LOCAL OPTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does local option mean? 

LOCAL OPTION (noun)
  The noun LOCAL OPTION has 1 sense:

1. freedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdictionplay

  Familiarity information: LOCAL OPTION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LOCAL OPTION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Freedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdiction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("local option" is a kind of...):

self-determination; self-government; self-rule (government of a political unit by its own people)


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