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non-eˈlective, a. [non- 3.] Not appointed by election.
1909W. S. Churchill in Westm. Gaz. 9 Oct. 9/4 The claim of the House of Lords—that is, the claim of a non-elective and unrepresentative Chamber—to make and to unmake Governments. 1910Blackw. Mag. Aug. 283/1 The independent opinion of men formed in the comparatively ‘dry light’ of the non-elective chamber has a value of its own. |