Ĕl/i-gi-bĭl'i-ty, n.

n. [Fr. éligibilité.]

1. Capability of being elected or chosen to an office; legal qualification; as, the eligibility of a candidate.
2. Worthiness or fitness to be chosen; the state or quality of a thing which renders it preferable to another, or desirable; as, the eligibility of an offer of marriage.