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local option

the right of determining by a vote of the residents whether something, as the sale of intoxicating liquors, shall be permitted in their locality

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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