OPTION (Lat. optio, choice, choosing, optare, to choose)

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OPTION (Lat. optio, choice, choosing, optare, to choose) , the action of choosing or thing chosen, choice or power or opportunity of making a choice. The word had a particular meaning in ecclesiastical law, where it was used of a right claimed by an archbishop to select one

benefice

BENEFICE (Lat. beneficium, benefit)

from the diocese of a newly appointed

bishop

, the next presentation to which would fall to his, the archbishop's, patronage. This right was abolished by various statutes in the early

part

PART

of the 19th century. As a

term

TERM

in stock-exchange operations, " option " is used to express the privilege given to conclude a bargain at some future time at an agreed-upon price (see

CALL

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

and STOCK EXCHANGE). The phrase " local option " has been specifically used in politics of the power given to the electorate of a particular

district

DISTRICT

to choose whether licences for the sale of intoxicating liquor should be granted or not. This form of "local option" has been also and more rightly termed " local veto " (see LIQUOR

LAWS

LAWS

).

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