Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
absolute majority
A majority of all those who are entitled to vote in a particular election, whether or not they actually cast ballots. See QUORUM.
age of majority
the age, usu. defined by statute as 18 years, at which a person attains full legal rights, esp. civil and political rights such as the right to vote. - also termed lawful age. 2. see age of capacity.
extraordinary majority
See supermajority under MAJORITY.
majority
1. The status of one who has attained the age of majority (usu. 18). See AGE OF MAJORITY. Cf. MINORITY (1). 2. A number that is more than half of a total; a group of more than 50 percent <the candidate received 50.4 percent of the votes - barely a majority>. Cf. PLURALITY; MINORITY (2).
majority opinion
See OPINION (1;
majority opinion.
An opinion joined in by more than half of the judges considering a given case. - Also termed main opinion.
majority rule
1 A political principle that a majority of a group has the power to make decisions that bind the group. ( It is governance by the majority of those who actually participate, regardless of the number entitled to participate. 2. Corporations. The commonlaw principle that a director or officer owes no fiduciary duty to a shareholder with respect to a stock transaction. ( This rule has been restricted by both federal insider-trading rules and state-law doctrine. Cf. SPECIAL-FACTS RULE.
majority shareholder
A shareholder who owns or controls more than half the corporation's stock.
majority voting
A system for electing corporate directors whereby each shareholder is allowed one vote for each director, who can win with a simple majority.
majority-consent procedure
Corporations. A statutory provision allowing shareholders to avoid a shareholders' meeting and to act instead by written consent of the holders of a majority of shares. ( Delaware and a few other states have enacted such procedures.
majority-minority district
A voting district in which a racial or ethnic minority group makes up a majority of the voting citizens. Cf. INFLUENCE DISTRICT.
simple majority
A majority of those who actually vote in a particular election.