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opinion

a judge who disagrees with the result in a case majority opinion : an opinion in a case that is written

Resolution

kinds: (a) Ordinary, i.e., a resolution passed by a simple majority of members; (b) Extraordinary, i.e., a resolution passed by three-fourths

Minorities

religious faith and feeling different in these respects from the majority of the inhabitants of a given political entity, T.M.A. Pai

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dissent

to differ in opinion ;esp : to disagree with a majority opinion [three of the justices ed] compare concur dis··sent·er n

Entrenched clause

Constitution and may involve a popular referendum, a fixed Parliamentary majority of two-thirds or more a system of delayed legislation or

Meeting

consent is required for anything to decide, by a proper majority of votes, whether or not that thing shall be done;

High Steward, Court of the Lord

may vote upon the trial. The decision is by the majority, but a majority cannot convict, unless it consist of twelve

impeach

impeached and tried, but rather are expelled by a two-thirds majority vote in the member's house.) The House draws up articles

plurality

justices on an appeals court who do not form a majority but with whose opinion enough other justices concur to render

Minor ante tempus agere non potest in casu proprietatis, nec etiam convenire; differetur usque etatem; sed non cadit breve

usque etatem; sed non cadit breve [Lat.], a minor before majority cannot act in a case of property, not even to

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