Noah Webster
Eligibility
ELIGIBIL'ITY, noun [from eligible] Worthiness or fitness to be chosen; the state or quality of a thing which renders it preferable to another, or desirable.
1. The state of being capable of being chosen to an office.
ELIGIBIL'ITY, noun [from eligible] Worthiness or fitness to be chosen; the state or quality of a thing which renders it preferable to another, or desirable.
1. The state of being capable of being chosen to an office.