Majority in United States
Majority Definition
The state or condition of a person who has arrived at full age. He is then said to be a major, in opposition to minor, which is his condition during infancy. The greater number; more than all the opponents; more than half of the whole number or group. 146 Iowa, 215.
Majority in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias
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| Majority | Majority in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Majority | Majority in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Majority | Majority in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Majority | Majority in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Majority | Majority in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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| Majority | Majority in the Family Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Majority | Majority in the IP Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Majority | Majority in the Commercial Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Majority | Majority in the Criminal Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Majority | Majority in the Antritrust Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Majority | Majority in the Bankruptcy Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Majority | Majority in the Constitutional Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Majority | Majority in the Tax Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Majority | Majority in the and Finance and Banking Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Majority | Majority in the Employment and Labor Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Majority | Majority in the Personal Injury and Tort Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Majority | Majority in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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Legal Issue for Attorneys
The state or condition of a person who has arrived at full age. He is then said to be a major, in opposition to minor, which is his condition during infancy. The greater number; more than all the opponents; more than half of the whole number or group. 146 Iowa, 215.
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This definition of Majority Is based on the The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary . This definition needs to be proofread..
Practical Information
Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982
Full age; the age at which, by law, a person is entitled to the management of his or her own affairs and to the enjoyment of civic rights.
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Further Reading (Articles)
Spurious Majorities, Electoral Systems and Electoral System Change., Commonwealth & Comparative Politics; July 1, 2003; Siaroff, Alan
Majority Voting: Don’t Rush To Act, Directorship; September 1, 2006; Higgins, Keith F
Majority trumpets completion of FY 2004 budget, then cancels meeting because it’s not really done, Virgin Islands Daily News; November 20, 2003; JEREMY W PETERS
Majority Rule, Encyclopaedia Judaica; January 1, 2007; Shilo, Shmuel Elon, Menachem
Majority Senators Get 13 Committees as Minority Protests, Manila Bulletin; August 12, 2004
Brute majority becomes threat to democracy, The New Nation (Dhaka, India); May 28, 2012
Senate Majority Meets to Select 2013 Leadership Team, States News Service; November 8, 2012
Majority Rule on Judges; ‘Nuclear Option’ Is Nothing New, The Washington Times (Washington, DC); March 17, 2005
QUALIFIED MAJORITY VOTING : DOUBLE MAJORITY VOTING WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL 2014., European Report; November 7, 2007
Majority caucus proposes FY 2004 budget that tops governor’s by $35.5 million, Virgin Islands Daily News; November 13, 2003; JEREMY W PETERS
Qualified Majority Voting : Double Majority Voting Will Have to Wait till 2014 **, European Social Policy; November 14, 2007
Democratic majority bloc expands to nine members, Virgin Islands Daily News; November 25, 2002; MATT MONROE
Senate majority says budget proposal still under review, Virgin Islands Daily News; November 14, 2003; JEREMY W PETERS
When a majority of a majority is a minority., Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; February 11, 1999; Hill, Rob Richie And Steven
Moral Majority, St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture; January 1, 2000
Double Majority Concept and Arrangements, Amalgamations Etc, Mondaq Business Briefing; February 5, 2013
Flexible Majority Rules for Central Banks, Journal of Money, Credit & Banking; March 1, 2009; Gersbach, Hans Pachl, Bernhard
Majority Voting For Directors., Mondaq Business Briefing; November 1, 2006
Patent Application Titled “Majority Vote Circuit” Published Online, Politics & Government Week; March 27, 2014
Patent Issued for Majority Decision Circuit, Electronics Newsweekly; July 17, 2013
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