Election

[L. Fr. eleccion; Lat. electio, from eligere, to choose.] Choice; election; selection. Election is where a man is left to his own free will, to take or do one thing or another, which he pleases.

Co. Litt. 144 b.

Termes de la ley. Bract. fol.

113, 114. 6 Cruise Dig. 18. 2 Co. 35, et seq. 5 Co. 59.

For the doctrine of election in equity, see White's Equity Cases, 223, 225—250, and Am. Editor's note; 2 Story's Eq. Jur. § 1075, et seq.