majority principle
1Principle of consent — is a term used in the context of debate on a United Ireland, which states that Northern Ireland s constitutional status (as part of the United Kingdom) cannot change without majority support in Northern Ireland.[1] It is a central theme in the… …
2MAJORITY RULE — MAJORITY RULE, deciding a matter according to the majority opinion. In the field of the halakhah this rule is applied in three principal instances: (a) determination of the binding law according to (the view of) the majority of halakhic scholars; …
3majority rule — ► NOUN ▪ the principle that the greater number should exercise greater power …
4Principle of restricted choice (bridge) — In contract bridge, the principle of restricted choice states that the play of a particular card increases the likelihood that the player doesn t have another equivalent one. It is used to help a player find the best line of play in certain… …
5Principle of maximum work — In the history of science, the principle of maximum work was a postulate concerning the relationship between chemical reactions, heat evolution, and the potential work produced there from. The principle was developed in approximate form in 1875… …
6majority — Full age; legal age; age at which a person is no longer a minor. The age at which, by law, a person is capable of being legally responsible for all his or her acts (e.g. contractual obligations), and is entitled to the management of his or her… …
7majority — Full age; legal age; age at which a person is no longer a minor. The age at which, by law, a person is capable of being legally responsible for all his or her acts (e.g. contractual obligations), and is entitled to the management of his or her… …
8majority — n. (pl. ies) 1 (usu. foll. by of) the greater number or part. Usage: Strictly used only with countable nouns, e.g. a majority of people, and not with mass nouns, e.g. a majority of the work. 2 Polit. a the number by which the votes cast for one… …
9majority rule — noun Date: 1848 a political principle providing that a majority usually constituted by fifty percent plus one of an organized group will have the power to make decisions binding upon the whole …
10majority rule — noun the principle that the greater number should exercise greater power …
