Right of Election
nounid
121312·updated May 18, 2026verified
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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Variants
- plural
- Right of Elections
- possessive
- Right of Election's
- pluralpossessive
- Right of Elections'
Framework definitions
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- 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
- §1 · legacy_primary
- 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 statuteDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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