- eligible to an office
- A person legally qualified and capable of holding the office at the commencement of the term for which he may be elected or appointed. Demaree v Scates, 50 Kan 275, 32 P 1123.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
eligible to an office
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