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Elector

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A duly qualified voter; one who has a vote in the choice of any officer; a constituent. Appeal of Cusick, 136 Pa. 459, 20 Atl. 574, 10 L. R. A. 228; Bergevin v. Curtz, 127 Cal. 86, 59 Pac. 312; State v. Tuttle, 53 Wis. 45, 9 N. W. 791. Also the title of certain German princes who formerly had a voice in the election of the German emperors.

Electors of president. Persons chosen by the people at a so-called "presidential election." to elect a president, and vice-president of the United States.