Select
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Choice; to choose; to take one thing rather than another. 61 111. 119. To pick out or take from among a number. There can be no selection, where there is nothing left. One may take the whole, but he cannot select the whole. 21 111. 104. SELECTI JUDICES (Lat.)
In Roman law. Judges who were selected very much like our juries. They were returned by the •praetor, drawn by lot, subject to be challenged and sworn. 3 Bl. Comm. 366.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Council, 2. Selectman. In several States, management of the public affairs of towns is intrusted to boards of officers called selectmen.