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local option

The power granted to a local political subdivision to decide whether to apply a law, such as a ban on liquor sales, within its jurisdiction.

local option

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (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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local option - freedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdiction

self-determination, self-government, self-rule - government of a political unit by its own people

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option self-determination self-government self-rule			I'm not voting for these local options because there are other revenue options out there," Mr. New taxes on meals, hotels to raise $1.7M; Council still faces $2 ... by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) The result of these local options is that some parishes in the Anglican church are not in communion with others, literally as in the case of the ordination of women and the reception of communion by children. Perils of 'local option' by Proudman, Colin / Anglican Journal			loc. cit. local Local actions Local affection local anaesthesia local anaesthetic local anesthesia local anesthetic local area network Local attraction local authority Local battery local call Local circuit local color local colour local department local education authority local examinations local government Local Group local loan local mean time local meridian local option local options local oscillator local post office local procurement local purchase local road local sign local street local time local wage rate NATO civilian employee locale localisation localisation of function localisation principle localise localised localism locality localization localization of function localization principle localize localized localizer locally Locarno			Local On-Line Network System Local Online Marketing Association Local Operating Management System Local Operating Network Local Operating Network Local Operating Panel Local Operating Procedure Local Operating Station Local Operation and Classical Communication Local Operational Plan Local Operational Planning Team Local Operational Readiness Exercise Local Operations Manager Local Operator Local Operator Console Local Operator Interface Local Optimization local option Local Option Budgeting Local Option Capital Asset Lending Local Option Gas Tax Local Option Highway User Tax Local Option Income Taxes Local Option Sales and Services Tax Local Option Sales Tax local options Local Order Entry Local ordinances Local Organizations and Rural Poverty Alleviation Local Orthodox Rabbi local oscillator local oscillator local oscillator Local oscillator chain Local oscillator chain Local Oscillator Frequency Local Oscillator Lock Box Local Oscillator Source Unit local osteolytic hypercalcemia local osteolytic hypercalcemia Local Outdoor Access Forum Local Overseas Allowance Local Oversight Committee Local Oversight Program Local Oxidation CMOS Local Packet Network Local Packet Transport Service Local Packing with Violation to the Reuse Pattern Local Palliative Care Service local paralysis Local Park Local Partial Density of States Local Partitioning Local Parton Hadron Duality

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