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MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med.
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Lat. majoritas; Lat.
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major, greater)  , a
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term signifying the greater number . In legislative and deliberative assemblies it is usual to decide questions by a
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majority of those
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present at a
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meeting and voting . In
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law, majority is the
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state of being of full
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age, which in the
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United
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Kingdom is twenty-one years of age . A
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person attains his majority at twelve o'
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clock at
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night of the
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day preceding his twenty-first birthday (see
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INFANT; AGE) .

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