RIGHT OF ELECTION

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 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)

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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)