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ma·jor·i·ty opin·ion

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  1. majority opinionnoun

    the opinion joined by a majority of the court (generally known simply as `the opinion')

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  1. Majority opinion

    In law, a majority opinion is a judicial opinion agreed to by more than half of the members of a court. A majority opinion sets forth the decision of the court and an explanation of the rationale behind the court's decision. Not all cases have a majority opinion. At times, the justices voting for a majority decision (e.g., to affirm or reverse the lower court's decision) may have drastically different reasons for their votes, and cannot agree on the same set of reasons. In that situation, several concurring opinions may be written, none of which is the view of a majority of the members of the court. Therefore, the concurring opinion joined by the greatest number of judges is referred to as the plurality opinion. Normally, appellate courts (or panels) are staffed with an odd number of judges to avoid a tie. Sometimes, and in some jurisdictions, when judicial positions are vacant or a judge has recused themselves from the case, the court may be stuck with a tie, in which case the lower court's decision will be affirmed without comment by an equally divided court. A majority opinion in countries which use the common law system becomes part of the body of case law.

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  1. majority opinion

    A majority opinion is a judicial opinion agreed upon by more than half of the members of a court, often establishing a binding precedent or interpretation of the law. It represents the decision or ruling made by the majority of judges in a court case.

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  1. Majority opinion

    In law, a majority opinion is a judicial opinion agreed to by more than half of the members of a court. A majority opinion sets forth the decision of the court and an explanation of the rationale behind the court's decision. Not all cases have a majority opinion. At times, the justices voting for a majority decision may have drastically different reasons for their votes, and cannot agree on the same set of reasons. In that situation, several concurring opinions may be written, none of which is actually the view of a majority of the members of the court. Therefore, the concurring opinion joined by the greatest number of judges is referred to as the plurality opinion. Normally, appellate courts are staffed with an odd number of judges to avoid a tie. Sometimes when judicial positions are vacant or a judge has recused himself or herself from the case, the court may be stuck with a tie, in which case the lower court's decision will be affirmed without comment by an equally divided court. A majority opinion in countries which use the common law system becomes part of the body of case law. In some courts, such as the Supreme Court of the United States, the majority opinion may be broken down into numbered or lettered sections. This allows judges who write an opinion "concurring in part" or "dissenting in part" to easily identify which parts they join with the majority, and which sections they do not.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of majority opinion in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of majority opinion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of majority opinion in a Sentence

  1. Kevin Steele:

    Petitioning to ask the High Court for review was the right thing to do because of the precedent set in this case by the majority opinion of Pennsylvania Supreme Court that prosecutors' statements in press releases now seemingly create immunity, pennsylvania Supreme Court can right what we believe is a grievous wrong.

  2. Válcav Havel, parade, Times Picayune:

    Courage means going against majority opinion in the name of the truth.

  3. Kelly Craft:

    The complicating factor to put an end to this crisis is the division within the Security Council. As we have seen before, whenever the Security Council is divided, whenever especially the five permanent members of the Security Council are divided, it just makes achieving peace that much more complicated. while the U.N. Security Council can reach majority opinion and sometimes consensus on pressing international issues, there are glaring times when it is a complete failure. This is one such case.

  4. Author Unknown:

    The deadliest contagion is majority opinion.

  5. Ana Maria Gazmuri:

    Regarding marriage equality, regarding cannabis, regarding abortion - the majority opinion is in favor of securing these rights.


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