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Quadriennium utile

Quadriennium utile, means a four-year period after the attainment of majority within which the young adult may seek to annul any

Partnership

differences as to ordinary matters may be decided by a majority, but that 'no change may be made in the nature

Ordinarily

Nehru University, AIR 1993 Del 239. Means in the large majority of cases but not invariably, Kailash Chandra v. Union of

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minority

pl: -ties 1 a : the period before attainment of majority b : the state of being a minor 2 :

Hung Parliament

is the Parliament wherein no party has won a working majority, Reader's Digest Great Illustrated Dictionary, 1984, p. 823. The result

Coalition

single party is able to command support of a working majority, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 101. is

total incorporation

The total incorporation doctrine has never been adopted by a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court. The majority opinions of the

supermajority

supermajority : a large majority [a provision requiring a vote — say, 80 % of

subsidiary

subsidiary pl: -ar·ies : a company having the majority of its stock owned by another company compare affiliate NOTE:

Marriage, Promise of

be enforced unless renewed by him after he attains his majority, Ditcham v. Worrall, (1880) 5 CPD 410. A promise by

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