elective

  • 51elective — e lec·tive || tɪv n. educational course which a student may choose from among alternatives adj. not required, optional; chosen by election …

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  • 52elective — adjective 1》 relating to or appointed by election. 2》 (of a course of study) chosen by the student rather than compulsory.     ↘(of surgical or medical treatment) chosen by the patient rather than urgently necessary. noun chiefly N. Amer. an… …

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  • 53elective — a. 1. Chosen by election, determined by suffrage, dependent on suffrage. 2. Concerning suffrage, of suffrage. 3. Selective, mutually attractive …

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  • 54elective — adj 1. electoral, electing, selecting, selective, choosing. 2. elect, appointed, designated; picked or picked out, Inf. hand picked, selected, chosen. 3. optional, not required, unrequired, voluntary, discretionary …

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  • 55elective — elec·tive …

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  • 56elective — Dependent upon choice; bestowed or passing by election. Also pertaining or relating to elections; conferring the right or power to vote at elections …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 57elective — Dependent upon choice; bestowed or passing by election. Also pertaining or relating to elections; conferring the right or power to vote at elections …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 58elective — Contingent upon a selection or choice; subject to choice; dependent upon the votes to be cast at an election by voters …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 59Elective rights — Two central issues for democracies are the right to candidate, and suffrage or the franchise mdash;that is, the decision as to who is entitled to vote. For example, Athenian democracy limited the vote to male citizens, while slaves, foreigners,… …

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  • 60elective share — noun A proportion of a decedents estate which the surviving spouse may claim, as a substitute for what they were left in the decedents will. Syn: widows share, statutory share, forced share …

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