local option
a right of choice exercised by a minor political division, as a county, especially as to allowing the sale of liquor.
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How to use local option in a sentence
The principle of local option, which is nothing but that of direct government by the people, is being everywhere accepted.
The abolition of drunkenness by local option is selfish, unpractical, and unscriptural.
Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes | J. M. JudyIt will not do to say that notwithstanding the local option law is in operation, liquor is still at the root of the evil.
Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Tragedies | Chas. G MutzenbergHe tells us that it was a kind of "local option" flood—a little wet for that part of the country.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) | Robert G. Ingersolllocal option has kept a great many towns and counties "dry" for years, and it is a step toward wide-spread prohibition.
Society | Henry Kalloch Rowe
British Dictionary definitions for local option
(esp in Scotland, New Zealand, and the US) the privilege of a municipality, county, etc, to determine by referendum whether a particular activity, esp the sale of liquor, shall be permitted there
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