right of election

Other forms: rights of election

Definitions of right of election
  1. noun
    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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    type of:
    legal right
    a right based in law
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