Equitable election
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
The choice to be made by a person who may, under a will or other instrument, have either one of two alternative rights or benefits, but not both.
Peters v. Bain, 133 U. S. 670 , 10 Sup. Ct. 364, 33 L. Ed. 696; Drake v. Wild, 70 Vt. 52, 39 Atl. 248.