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majority rule

of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group as our club makes decisions by majority rule Contrasted with unanimous consent or decision by a decree of a single person or small committee forming

age of majority

age of majority :the age at which a person is granted by law the rights (as ability to sue) and responsibilities

judgment notwithstanding the verdict

Matched in: Term judgment notwithstanding the verdict

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Majority

The quality or condition of being major or greater superiority

Plurality

Plurality, majority; in greater number than one. The holding of more than one ecclesiastical benefice is very much restricted. The

New trial

granted on the ground of misdirection or of the improper admission or rejection of evidence, or because the verdict of the jury was not taken upon a question which the judge at the trial was not asked

judgment

case by a court ;esp : final judgment in this entry compare dictum, disposition, finding, holding, opinion, ruling, verdict NOTE: Under Rule 54 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure judgment encompasses a decree and any order

Minor

infant. See INFANT. Strictly speaking, in Scotland a minor is a person between the ages of pupilarity and majority--in males from fourteen to twenty-one years and females from twelve to twenty-one years. minors must act with a

interrogatory

directed by one party to another regarding information that is within the scope of discovery see also general verdict and special verdict at verdict, special interrogatory NOTE: Interrogatories are widely used as a discovery device in civil

opinion

reach it dissenting opinion : an opinion by a judge who disagrees with the result in a case majority opinion : an opinion in a case that is written by one judge and in which a majority

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