Electio est intima (interna), libera, et spontanea separatio unius rei ab alia, sine compulsione, consistens in animo et voluntate

Dictionary: 
Ballentine's Law Dictionary

Election is the internal, free and spontaneous separation of one thing from another, without compulsion, consisting in intent and will.

Author: 
James A. Ballentine
Publisher: 
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Year Published: 
1916
Genre: 
Law Dictionary