election to fill vacancy in office

election to fill vacancy in office
The next election at which a successor to the incumbent of the office would have been elected if there had been no vacancy, or the election next in point of time after the vacancy occurs, the divergence of view arising in the construction of statutes containing such varied phrases as "first annual election," "next election," "regular election," and "proper election." Anno: 132 ALR 574.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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