majority of all the members
A majority of all the actual members, disregarding vacancies. — Also termed constitutional majority; majority of the entire membership; majority of the membership.
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majority of all the memberships
A majority of all the possible memberships, including vacancies. — Also termed majority of the fixed membership.
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constitutional majority
constitutional majority. See majority of all the members under MAJORITY.
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majority verdict
A verdict agreed to by all but one or two jury members. • In some jurisdictions, a civil verdict supported by 10 of 12 jurors is acceptable.
quorum
quorum, n. Parliamentary law. The minimum number of members (usu. a majority of all the members) who must be present for a deliberative assembly to legally transact business. Pl. quorums.[Cases: Courts 101. C.J.S. Courts § 137.] constituency-based quorum. See interest-based quorum. disappearing quorum. A quorum whose presence may be more presumptive than actual. See presumption
act of congress
act of Congress. A law that is formally enacted in accordance with the legislative power granted to Congress by the U.S. Constitution. • To become a law, or an act of Congress, a bill or resolution must be passed by a majority of the members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Bills
minority
minority. 1. The state or condition of being under legal age. • In Scots law, legal minority begins at the end of puberty; until then, a person is a pupil. — Also termed infancy; nonage; immaturity. Cf. MAJORITY(1). [Cases: Infants 1. C.J.S. Infants §§ 2–4.] 2. A group having fewer than a controlling number of
filibuster
filibuster (fil-[schwa]-b[schwa]s-t[schwa]r), n. 1. A dilatory tactic, esp. prolonged and often irrelevant speechmaking, employed in an attempt to obstruct legislative action. • The filibuster is common in the U.S. Senate, where the right to debate is usu. unlimited and where a filibuster can be terminated only by a cloture vote of two-thirds of all members.