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electoral college
electoral college often cap E&C : a body of electors ;specif : the body of electors chosen from each state to elect the president and vice president of the U.S. NOTE: Under Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution, each state chooses electors in the same number that the state has senators and representatives. The electors have the discretion to choose the candidate they vote for, but in practice the electors vote for the candidate that wins the most votes in their respective states. In all the states except Maine, the candidate that wins a plurality of the popular votes wins all of the state's electoral votes. ...
Polygamy
Polygamy [fr., Gk., many; and marriage], plurality of wives or husbands. It is prohibited by the Christian religion, but permitted by some others. See BIGAMY....
majority
majority pl: -ties 1 a : legal age b : the status of one who has reached legal age 2 a : a number or quantity greater than half of a total compare plurality b : the excess of a majority over the remainder of the total 3 a : the group or political party whose votes predominate b : the judges voting in a particular case who together determine the prevailing decision see also majority opinion at opinion compare dissent majority adj ...
opinion
opinion 1 a : a belief stronger than impression and less strong than positive knowledge b : a formal expression of a judgment or appraisal by an expert see also opinion testimony at testimony compare fact 2 a : advice or evaluation regarding the legal issues involved in a situation given by an attorney to a client [an of title] called also legal opinion see also opinion letter at letter b : an advisory opinion issued by an authorized public official (as an attorney general) or a recognized body (as the American Bar Association) 3 a : the formal written expression by a court or judge of the reasons and principles of law upon which the decision in a case is based compare holding, judgment, ruling advisory opinion : a nonbinding opinion or evaluation of a court or other judicial or quasi-judicial authority or body regarding the effect of the law on a situation that does not present an actual controversy between parties [to answer questions which were not brought before this Court...
Pluralize
To make plural by using the plural termination to attribute plurality to to express in the plural form...
Polytheism
The doctrine of or belief in a plurality of gods...
Polytheist
One who believes in or maintains the doctrine of a plurality of gods...
Polygamy
The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time usually the marriage of a man to more than one woman or the practice of having several wives at the same time opposed to monogamy as the nations of the East practiced polygamy See the Note under Bigamy and cf Polyandry...
Cession
Cession, a ceasing, yielding up, or giving over. By 21 Hen. 8, c. 13 (repealed by the Pluralities Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 106), if any one having a benefice of 8l. per annum, or upwards, accepted any other, the first was adjudged void, unless he obtained a dispensation. A vacancy thus made, for want of a dispensation, was called cession. See Plurality....
Damage
Damage, Any loss, whether actionable as an injury or not. See DAMNUM ABSQUE INJURIA.The expression 'damage' is not necessarily confined to physical damage. Ordinarily damage is caused by physical contact of the ship, such as in collision. But damage can also be caused to property by breach of contract or acts of commission or omission on the part of the carrier or his agents or servants by reason of the negligent operation and management of the vessel, as, for example, when cargo is damaged by exposure to weather or by negligent stowage, or, by the misconduct of those in charge of the ship, like when cargo is disposed of contrary to the instructions of the owner or by reason of theft and other misdeeds. In all these cases, damage arises by reason of loss caused by what is done by the ship or by the breach, negligence or misdeeds of those in charge of the ship. It must however be noticed that the expression 'damage done by any ship' has been construed by the English Courts as not to app...
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