Elector
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
One who has the right to make choice of public officers; one who has a right to vote. See 10 Minn. 107; 53 Wis. 45.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
One who has the right to make choice of public officers; one who has a right to vote. See Taylor v. Taylor, 10 Minn. 107, (Gil. 81). See Puesiu; Electors. One who exercises the right of elect equity. The term is sometimes used in this sense. Brett, L. Cas. Mod. Bq. 2.~.7. In the German Empire the name was given to those great princes who had the right to elect the emperor or king. The elector in some instances became hereditary and was connected with territorial possessions as, elector of Saxony.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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.