Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

elective share

Wills & estates. The percentage of a deceased spouse's estate, set by statute, that a surviving spouse (or sometimes a child) may choose to receive instead of taking under a will or in the event of being unjustifiably disinherited. - Also termed forced share; statutory share; statutory forced share. See RIGHT OF ELECTION. "In many states today, common-law dower and curtesy have been wholly replaced by statutes that make the surviving spouse an 'heir' of the deceased spouse and fix a minimum percentage of the decedent's estate (real and personal) to which the survivor will