LOCAL OPTION

By SovConn | June 13, 2013

local option.An option that allows a municipality or other governmental unit to determine a particular course of action without the specific approval of state officials. — Also termed local veto. Cf. HOME RULE. [Cases: Intoxicating Liquors 24–43; Municipal Corporations 65.C.J.S. Intoxicating Liquors §§ 49–89; Municipal Corporations §§ 122, 140–141, 143.]
[Blacks Law 8th]

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