Electio

Lat. [from eligere, to choose.] Election; choice. Electio est interna, libera et spontanea separatio unius rei ab alia, sine compulsione, consistens in animo et voluntate; election is the internal free and voluntary separation of one thing from another, without compulsion, consisting in intention and will.

Dyer, 281.

Electio semel facta non patitur regressum

Election once made does not admit of going back, (or recall.) Co. Litt. 146. Electiones fiant rite et libere sine interruptione aliqua. Elections should be made in due form and freely, without any interruption.

2 Inst. 169.