Search Result for "right of election":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

right of election
    n 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