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Single-winner cardinal voting system
Majority judgment (MJ) is a single-winner voting system proposed in 2010 by Michel Balinski and Rida Laraki. It is a kind of highest median rule, a cardinal
Majority_judgment
South African legal case
Justice) and Justice O'Regan were absent. The Constitutional Court's majority judgment was co written by Chief Justice Chaskalson and Justices Ackermann
Prince_v_Law_Society
2021 crime in South Africa
sentenced Zuma to 15 months' imprisonment for contempt of court. The majority judgment was written by Acting Deputy Chief Justice Sisi Khampepe, who held
Jacob_Zuma_contempt_of_court
Single-winner electoral system
Graduated majority judgment (GMJ), sometimes called the usual judgment or continuous Bucklin voting, is a single-winner rated voting rule that selects
Graduated_majority_judgment
2018 South African legal case
the Master of the High Court. Justice Chris Jafta wrote the court's majority judgment and a three-person minority joined a dissent written by Justice Mbuyiseli
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development v SARIPA
Minister_of_Justice_and_Constitutional_Development_v_SARIPA
South African legal case
obligation to hold the President accountable for his conduct. In a majority judgment written by Justice Chris Jafta, the court ordered the National Assembly
Economic Freedom Fighters v Speaker of the National Assembly (2017)
Economic_Freedom_Fighters_v_Speaker_of_the_National_Assembly_(2017)
Type of voting rules for an election
divides the typical judgment by the total number of proponents and opponents. Continuous Bucklin voting or Graduated Majority Judgment (GMJ), also called
Highest_median_voting_rules
Formal decision made by a court
divided into a number of majority, concurring, plurality, and dissenting opinions. Only the opinion of the majority judgment is considered to have precedent-setting
Judgment_(law)
South African legal case
affirmative action clause in section 9(2) of the Bill of Rights. In a majority judgment written by Justice Dikgang Moseneke, the court held that section 9(2)
Minister of Finance v Van Heerden
Minister_of_Finance_v_Van_Heerden
South African legal case
November 1996 and decided on 18 April 1997. The Constitutional Court's majority judgment was written by Justice Richard Goldstone, who overturned the Supreme
President_v_Hugo
French researcher and mathematician
best known for having designed a collective decision method, called majority judgment, in 2007, with another CNRS researcher, Michel Balinski. In 2011,
Rida_Laraki
South African legal case
Constitutional Court of South Africa. In a judgment written by Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke, the majority refused Masetlha's appeal but ordered the
Masetlha_v_President
South African legal case
South Africa on 31 December 2021 with a majority judgment written by Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga. A majority of the court upheld a challenge to the constitutionality
Bwanya v Master of the High Court
Bwanya_v_Master_of_the_High_Court
South African legal case
represented by Paul Kennedy SC and the Legal Resources Centre. In a majority judgment written by Justice Yvonne Mokgoro, the Constitutional Court upheld
Khosa v Minister of Social Development
Khosa_v_Minister_of_Social_Development
Principle that voting for a candidate should help them
the randomized Condorcet rule is not affected by the pathology. The majority judgment rule fails as well. Instant-runoff voting and the two-round system
Participation_criterion
Spoiler effect in RCV and two-round systems
retrieved 2024-10-31 Balinski, Michel; Laraki, Rida (2020-03-01). "Majority judgment vs. majority rule". Social Choice and Welfare. 54 (2): 429–461. doi:10
Center_squeeze
Decision rule that selects alternatives that have a majority
In social choice theory, the majority rule (MR) is a social choice rule which says that, when comparing two options (such as bills or candidates), the
Majority_rule
South African legal case
ten-member majority of the court upheld the warrants as lawful, with only Justice Sandile Ngcobo dissenting. In the interim, while the judgment was reserved
Thint_v_NDPP
Plurality voting system
plurality) is elected, even if they do not have more than half of votes (a majority). FPP has been used to elect part of the British House of Commons since
First-past-the-post_voting
South African legal case
decision on 5 June 2014. Acting Justice Steven Majiedt wrote the court's majority judgment, joined by Acting Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke, Acting Deputy Chief
Cool_Ideas_v_Hubbard
South African legal case
merits of the application. Justice Sandile Ngcobo wrote the majority judgment, a lengthy judgment that drew heavily on the principle of participatory democracy
Doctors_for_Life_v_Speaker
Voting requirement above 50% for passage
sufficiency of the case – the presence of adequate information to form a judgment – a majority sufficed to convict. (p. 46) Schwartzberg (2013), pp. 51, 58–59
Supermajority
South African legal case
2003, Justice Zak Yacoob delivered judgment on behalf of a nine-member majority of the Constitutional Court. His judgment was joined by Chief Justice Arthur
Phillips v Director of Public Prosecutions
Phillips_v_Director_of_Public_Prosecutions
Single-winner ranked-choice electoral system
October 2024 Balinski, Michel; Laraki, Rida (1 March 2020). "Majority judgment vs. majority rule". Social Choice and Welfare. 54 (2): 429–461. doi:10
Instant-runoff_voting
South African legal case
disclosure of the relevant information. Handing down judgment on 30 September 2015, a majority of the Constitutional Court dismissed the application
My Vote Counts v Speaker of the National Assembly
My_Vote_Counts_v_Speaker_of_the_National_Assembly
Choosing a candidate other than preferred to undercut a less desired one
and majority judgment, they found that range voting had the highest (worst) strategic vulnerability, while their own method majority judgment had the
Strategic_voting
Point-based ranked voting system
or candidates (rather than consistently following the preferences of a majority); when both voting and nomination patterns are completely random, the Borda
Borda_count
South African legal case
on 17 May 2011 and delivered judgment on 29 November 2011. Jeremy Gauntlett represented M&G. The court's majority judgment was written by Chief Justice
President_v_M&G_Media
South African legal case
considered the constitutionality of employment equity measures. In a majority judgment written by Justice Dikgang Moseneke, the court upheld as lawful a
South African Police Service v Barnard
South_African_Police_Service_v_Barnard
South African legal case
Constitutional Court delivered judgment on 15 October 2021. In a judgment written by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, an eight-member majority of the court ruled in
Competition Commission v Mediclinic Southern Africa
Competition_Commission_v_Mediclinic_Southern_Africa
2012 Australian constitutional law case
of Australia (also known as the "School chaplains case") is a landmark judgment of the High Court. The matter related to the power of the Commonwealth
Williams_v_Commonwealth
South African legal case
The court's majority judgment was written by Justice Albie Sachs, and the full bench agreed with his exposition of section 28. The majority used this framework
S_v_M
Property of electoral systems
principle of majority rule to elections with multiple candidates. Named after Nicolas de Condorcet, it is also called a majority winner, a majority-preferred
Condorcet_winner
Property of electoral systems
rate L close to their favorites. Thus, L is elected majority judgment winner. Hence, majority judgment fails the Condorcet loser criterion. This example
Condorcet_loser_criterion
South African legal case
legislation is therefore unconstitutional in its current form. The ambit of this judgment was restricted to de facto monogamous Muslim marriages; it was extended
Daniels_v_Campbell
South African legal case
1997, Justice Richard Goldstone delivered judgment on behalf of the Constitutional Court's five-member majority, which also included Justices Arthur Chaskalson
Harksen_v_Lane
Property of electoral systems
other candidate, majority judgment can fail catastrophically. Consider the case below when n is large: A is preferred by a majority, but B's median is
Majority_winner_criterion
Method by which voters make a choice between options
satisfaction approval voting, highest median rules (including the majority judgment), and the D21 – Janeček method where voters can cast positive and
Electoral_system
Single-winner electoral system
Schulze method is a Condorcet completion method, which means it will elect a majority-preferred candidate if one exists. In other words, if most people rank
Schulze_method
Judgement of the High Court of Australia
legislative power under the Constitution of Australia. In essence, the majority (Gleeson CJ, Gummow, Hayne, Heydon & Crennan JJ) found the Constitution's
New South Wales v Commonwealth (2006)
New_South_Wales_v_Commonwealth_(2006)
Single-winner electoral system
pair, and determine the winner: The votes are then sorted. The largest majority is "Chattanooga over Knoxville"; 83% of the voters prefer Chattanooga.
Ranked_pairs
Voting system
1007/s00355-022-01397-4. Balinski, Michel; Laraki, Rida (2020-03-01). "Majority judgment vs. majority rule". Social Choice and Welfare. 54 (2): 429–461. doi:10
Two-round_system
Way to distribute seats in a legislative body
minority language, may find themselves without representation. The vast majority of voters elect representatives of their philosophies. However, unlike
Apportionment_(politics)
Property of electoral systems
(including approval voting). As shown below for the Kemeny rule and majority judgment, these three variants do not always agree with each other (which contrasts
Consistency_criterion
Class of electoral systems
multi-member districts. As in a highest median election system, such as the majority judgment, the Bucklin winner will be one or more candidates with high median
Bucklin_voting
Comparative politics for electoral systems
voter preferences (an example of which is A being preferred to B by a majority of voters, B to C and C to A) and found that the number of them was consistent
Comparison of electoral systems
Comparison_of_electoral_systems
Voting systems that use ranked ballots
because it was vulnerable to spoiler effects and did not always elect the majority-preferred candidate. Condorcet developed his own election method. In the
Ranked_voting
Proof all ranked voting rules have spoilers
with the highest average (for score voting) or median (graduated majority judgment). This opens up the possibility of finding another social choice procedure
Arrow's_impossibility_theorem
Single-winner ranked-voting electoral system
representative through a two-stage process, in which the winner receives a majority of votes. It uses ranked voting. The voter ranks candidates in order of
Contingent_vote
Study of social effects on people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
a third of the trials, participants conformed to the majority, even though the majority judgment was clearly wrong. Seventy-five percent of the participants
Social_psychology
Electoral pathology or paradox
theory Monotonicity (mechanism design) Maskin monotonicity Apart from majority judgment, these systems satisfy an even stronger form of non-negative responsiveness:
Non-negative_responsiveness
defendant was found liable for the nervous shock suffered by Mr Page. The majority judgment has been critically received by most academics. The minority followed
Page_v_Smith
Single-winner rated voting system
Democracy Implicit utilitarian voting Utilitarian social choice rule Majority judgment — similar rule based on medians instead of averages "Score Voting"
Score_voting
Index of articles associated with the same name
and how tied ranks are handled. Rated methods like range voting or majority judgment that are spoilerproof under certain conditions are also clone independent
Voting_criteria
Type of mixed electoral system
mixed-member proportional representation with the combination of Majority Judgment and party-list PR. In other cases, a party may be so certain of winning
Mixed-member proportional representation
Mixed-member_proportional_representation
Single-winner electoral system
include the majority criterion, as it can happen that a candidate does not make it to the runoff, even if they are the first preference of a majority. It does
STAR_voting
Property of electoral systems
The mutual majority criterion is a criterion for evaluating electoral systems. It is also known as the majority criterion for solid coalitions and the
Mutual_majority_criterion
Proportional-representation voting system
the votes in a district and sometimes allocates a majority of seats to a party with less than a majority of votes The following example allocates 11 seats
Quota_method
Australian High Court Judgment
the High Court on the ground that the sentence was excessive. The majority judgment of Dixon, Evatt, and McTiernan JJ began with a brief recitation of
House_v_The_King
Supreme Court of Canada case
error" had been made and unanimously upheld Little J.'s decision. On a 4-3 majority, the appeal was allowed and the assessments vacated. At the hearing, Trustco
Canada Trustco Mortgage Co v Canada
Canada_Trustco_Mortgage_Co_v_Canada
Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
Madlanga's next judgment for the Court was DE v RH, which abrogated the action for adultery. Madlanga was one of the authors of the majority judgment in the 2015
Mbuyiseli_Madlanga
Single-winner ranked vote system
ballots are used to determine which candidate would be preferred by a majority of voters in each matchup. The winner is the candidate who wins the most
Copeland's_method
Pairwise-comparison electoral system
Condorcet or majority-rule methods (English: /kɒndɔːrˈseɪ/; French: [kɔ̃dɔʁsɛ]) are a family of election systems that elect the majority-preferred (Condorcet)
Condorcet_method
2023 English case
the majority judgment. The Supreme Court held that visual intrusion can in principle amount to a nuisance, and on the facts, a narrow 3:2 majority found
Fearn_v_Tate_Gallery
Age of adulthood defined in law
The age of majority is the age defining legal adulthood. At majority, a minor becomes an adult, assuming legal control over their person, actions, and
Age_of_majority
Type of electoral system
relative majority) are elected. In other words, the rule establishes that obtaining a plurality is sufficient to win the election, since a majority (absolute
Plurality_voting
Votes required to win a seat in proportional systems
at least one seat. The Droop quota is used to extend the concept of a majority to multiwinner elections, taking the place of the 50% bar in single-winner
Droop_quota
South African judge (born 1953)
Constitutional Court's majority judgment held the image was defamatory of the deputy principal. Cameron, however, in a judgment co-authored with Justice
Edwin_Cameron
Matching opinions and behaviors to group norms
psychology, demonstrated the power of conformity through his experiment on line judgment. The Asch conformity experiment demonstrates the extent to which conformity
Conformity
Chief Justice of South Africa
the first EFF judgment. On this occasion Mogoeng was strongly opposed to finding against Parliament; he described the majority judgment, which upheld
Mogoeng_Mogoeng
Class of voting systems
the base method passes the majority criterion, a sequential loser-elimination method based on it will pass mutual majority. Loser-elimination methods
Sequential_elimination_method
Election that narrows the field of candidates before an election for office
leader will typically become the head of government should that party win a majority of seats in the legislature (either in its own right or through a coalition
Primary_election
The majority jackpot system (MJS), also known as a majority-minority apportionment, is a conditional voting rule. It produces semi-proportional representation
Majority_jackpot_system
South African legal case
four separate judgments: a majority judgment by Acting Justice Fritz Brand, joined by five other justices; a minority judgment co-written by Justices Johan
Le_Roux_v_Dey
Number of votes a candidate needs to win
always allocate a majority of seats to a party with a majority of the votes.[1] Droop quota guarantees that a party that wins a majority of votes in a district
Electoral_quota
Vote supporting only a single candidate
avoid a second choice helping to eliminate the first choice. A united majority of voters in plurality-at-large can control all the winners despite any
Bullet_voting
Non-proportional electoral system
slate of candidates elected, even if the party does not have support of majority of the voters. The term plurality at-large is in common usage in elections
Plurality_block_voting
Electoral voting system criterion
The majority loser criterion is a criterion to evaluate single-winner voting systems. The criterion states that if a majority of voters give a candidate
Majority_loser_criterion
Single-winner electoral system family
Smith-efficient methods are difficult for any coalition to manipulate, because no majority-strength coalition will have an incentive to remove a Condorcet winner:
Tideman_alternative_method
Anti-plurality voting, Borda count, Range voting, Bucklin voting, Majority Judgment, Condorcet methods and others. A voting method that determines a winner
Homogeneity_criterion
Judgement of the High Court of Australia
advocacy which seems to have had the greatest impact". The joint majority judgment of Knox CJ, Isaacs, Rich & Starke JJ was delivered by Isaacs J and
Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd
Amalgamated_Society_of_Engineers_v_Adelaide_Steamship_Co_Ltd
Property of electoral systems
and how tied ranks are handled. Rated methods like range voting or majority judgment that are spoilerproof under certain conditions are also clone independent
Independence of clones criterion
Independence_of_clones_criterion
Electoral systems with independent candidate ratings
the scale-of-values method is a better means of obtaining a record of judgments Moore, Michael (1 July 1975). "Rating versus ranking in the Rokeach Value
Rated_voting
Mixed electoral system
system is called fusion (not to be confused with electoral fusion) or majority bonus, if it is an independent mixture of two system without two tiers
Parallel_voting
South African legal case
matter was heard on 13 March 2018 and decided on 21 June 2018, with a majority judgment written by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. In the 2015 matter of My
My Vote Counts v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
My_Vote_Counts_v_Minister_of_Justice_and_Correctional_Services
Mixed electoral system with compensation
might cost more to count the votes It will lead to "two types of MP", as a majority would be linked directly to a constituency with a minority with a larger
Alternative_vote_plus
South African legal case
the Supreme Court's order of unconstitutionality. However, in the majority judgment written by Acting Deputy Chief Justice Zak Yacoob, the court diverged
Democratic Alliance v President
Democratic_Alliance_v_President
South African legal case
brothel-keeping and prostitution. It was handed down on 9 October 2002 with a majority judgment by Justice Sandile Ngcobo. Hearing a challenge to provisions of the
S_v_Jordan
South African legal case
months to allow Parliament to modify the electoral laws to comply. The majority judgment was written by Justice Madlanga and a concurring opinion was written
New Nation Movement NPC v President of the Republic of South Africa
New_Nation_Movement_NPC_v_President_of_the_Republic_of_South_Africa
This is a list of the judgments given by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the year 2026. In 2026, Lord Reed of Allermuir is the president of
List of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom delivered in 2026
List_of_judgments_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom_delivered_in_2026
Multi-winner electoral system
Balinski (who also invented the single-winner voting system called majority judgment) as a way to eliminate the power of gerrymandering, especially in
Biproportional_apportionment
Self-contradiction of majority rule
Condorcet paradox) is a fundamental discovery by the Marquis de Condorcet that majority rule is inherently self-contradictory. The result implies that it is logically
Condorcet_paradox
Semi-proportional representation system
A majority bonus system (MBS), also called a minority-friendly majoritarian system, is a mixed-member and partly-proportional electoral system that gives
Majority_bonus_system
Multi-winner electoral system
party to take a majority of the seats in a district without the support of a majority of the district's voters. Additionally, a large majority of voters (generally
Single_transferable_vote
Single-winner ranked voting rule
The method fails several voting system criteria, including Condorcet's majority criterion, monotonicity, participation, and clone-independence. However
Coombs'_method
Multiple-winner electoral system
representation (at least one seat) under limited voting is not guaranteed, since a majority party with enough support and proper coordination among its supporters
Limited_voting
Single-winner electoral system
choice that wins all pairwise contests, then this choice wins. Majority criterion If a majority of voters strictly prefer choice X to every other choice, then
Kemeny_method
Single-winner electoral system
selected. Among methods satisfying the majority criterion, Black's method gives the minimum power to the majority and hence the method is best at protecting
Black's_method
even if not majority of votes) Quota (candidates must at least reach the quota to be certain of election) Notable quotas Absolute majority (candidates
List_of_electoral_systems
Chief Justice of India from 2022 to 2024
freedom that is not as evident in the judgments of the majority of the other judges who delivered concurring judgments. His Lordship had a clear-eyed view
Dhananjaya_Y._Chandrachud
MAJORITY JUDGMENT
MAJORITY JUDGMENT
Boy/Male
African, American, Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Muslim, Sindhi, Swahili
Integrity of Conduct; Righteous; Good Judgement; Thinker; Counsellor; Lord Krishna; Maturity
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from any of the numerous places so called. The vast majority, including those in Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Dumfries, County Durham, Kent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Sussex, and West Yorkshire, are named from Old English denu ‘valley’ (see Dean 1) + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. An isolated example in Northamptonshire appears in Domesday Book as Dodintone ‘settlement associated with Dodda’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; possibly a respelling of Kay 6, a shortened form of Scottish and Irish McKay.Korean : There is only one Chinese character and one clan for the Kye family name. According to the Kye family genealogy, the clan was founded by a Ming Dynasty government official named Kye SÅk-son who migrated to KoryÅ and settled in today’s Suan County of Hwanghae Province. The majority of bearers of the Kye family name today live in North Korea.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Calm; Sensitive; Honesty; Maturity; One who is Free; Tender; Good Character
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places called Upton. The majority of them are named from Old English up- ‘upper’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. One in Essex, however, was originally named with the phrase upp in tūne ‘up in the settlement’, i.e. the higher part of the settlement; and one in Worcestershire is probably so called from the Old English personal name Ubba + tūn.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Morrell or Morel.Catalan : habitational name from any of several places called Morell in Tarragona and Girona provinces or Majorica and Minorca Islands, from a vernacular form of Latin Maurellus ‘dark-skinned’, diminutive of Maurus ‘Moor’.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Manorit | மாநோரித
Desire, Of the mind
Manorit | மாநோரித
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of several places called Withington. The majority, including those in Cheshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, and Shropshire, are named from an unattested Old English wīðign ‘willow copse’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; Withington in Gloucestershire appears in Domesday Book as Widindune, from the genitive case of an Old English personal name Widia + Old English dūn ‘hill’.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Manorita | மாஂநோரீதா
Desire, Of the mind
Manorita | மாஂநோரீதா
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places, in Bedfordshire, Merseyside, and Nottinghamshire, so named from Old English eofor ‘wild boar’ + tūn ‘settlement’.Described as being from Kent, England, Walter Everendon (d. 1725) was a colonial gunpowder manufacturer who ran a mill in Neponset in the township of Milton, across the river from Dorchester, MA. The first person to make gunpowder in America, Everendon eventually took majority interest in the mill and sold out to his son. The family, which also spelled their name Everden and Everton, continued to manufacture powder until after the Revolution.
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Integrity of conduct maturity
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from any of the numerous and widespread places so called. The majority of these are named with Old English middel ‘middle’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; a smaller group, with examples in Cumbria, Kent, Northamptonshire, Northumbria, Nottinghamshire, and Staffordshire, have as their first element Old English mylen ‘mill’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the various places so called. The majority, with examples in at least fourteen counties, are named from Old English horh ‘mud’, ‘slime’ or horn ‘dirt’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. One in southern Gloucestershire, however, is named from Old English heorot ‘hart’ + dūn ‘hill’.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Desire, Of the mind
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Of the Mind; Wish
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu
Maturity; Expert; Married Woman
Girl/Female
Australian, French
Pearl
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Indian, Kannada
Maturity
Girl/Female
Australian, French, Greek
Pearl
Boy/Male
Hindu
Desire, Of the mind
MAJORITY JUDGMENT
MAJORITY JUDGMENT
Boy/Male
Muslim
Morning star, Always victorious, Warrior, Prosperous
Boy/Male
Muslim
Lamp, Light
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
The Primordial Master
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Pashtun
Green / Blue Flower
Boy/Male
German
Jehovah has remembered.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Formless
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Dearly loved.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Bough, weapon, armor.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh, Telugu
New Flame; New Shine; New Destination
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
Famous
MAJORITY JUDGMENT
MAJORITY JUDGMENT
MAJORITY JUDGMENT
MAJORITY JUDGMENT
MAJORITY JUDGMENT
n.
One who brings to maturity.
n.
One of the writers of the Masora.
n.
The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See Plurality.
pl.
of Minority
a.
The populace; the common people; the majority of people, or of a community.
n.
The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs.
n.
Ancestors; ancestry.
n.
The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.
a. & n.
The smaller number; -- opposed to majority; as, the minority must be ruled by the majority.
n.
A Masorite.
n.
Arrival of the time fixed for payment; a becoming due; termination of the period a note, etc., has to run.
a.
Approaching maturity.
n.
The military rank of a major.
n.
Same as Masorite.
a.
Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority.
n.
The state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full development; as, the maturity of corn or of grass; maturity of judgment; the maturity of a plan.
n.
The majority or bulk of mankind.
n.
The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.
a.
To augment; to increase.
pl.
of Majority