majority rule

[muh-jawr-i-tee rool]

noun

1. a process for making decisions in which the will or preference of the majority of participants is the controlling factor, usually determined by a vote.

Example Sentences

The Senate will then operate like the House, where a simple majority rules.

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Through approval or indifference, these actions may be acceptable according to majority rule, but that does not make them legitimate.

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The lawsuit from the other three says they had a “majority rules” system of decision-making in place for the tour because of previous problems with Farrell making decisions on his own.

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“The electoral college was based on the framers’ distrust of majority rule and was a tremendous boost to slave states’ political power,” Chemerinsky told me.

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Four years ago, Roberts had a solid 7-2 majority rule against a Trump claim of “absolute immunity” and order the then-president to turn over financial and tax records to New York prosecutors.

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