Elected
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
The word “elected,” in its ordinary signification, carries with it the idea of a vote, generally popular, sometimes more restricted, and cannot be held the synonym of any other mode of filling a position.
5° Ney. 121.
Hlectio est interna libera et spontanea separatio unius rei ab alia, sine compulsione, consistens in animo et voluntate.
Dyer, 281.
Election ig an internal, free, and spontaneous separation of one thing from another, without compulsion, consisting in intention and will. Electio semel facta, et placitum testatum non patitur regressum.
Oo. Litt. 146.
Election once made, and plea witnessed, suffers not a recall.