society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [verb (transitive)] > declare to be elected (2)
spec. To declare (an election) valid; to declare (a person) duly and properly elected.
Chiefly Law. transitive. Originally of a sheriff: to report (a person) as having been appointed to serve on a jury. Of a sheriff or…