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majority definition - legal

n

  1. The status of having attained the age of adulthood as set by law.
  2. More than fifty percent of a total (usually referring to people in a group voting in an election or on a matter placed before them).

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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