special franchise
A right conferred by the government, esp. to a public utility, to use property for a public use but for private profit. [Cases: Franchises 1.]
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majority rule
majority rule. 1. The principle that a majority of a group has the power to make decisions that bind the group; the principle that in the choice of alternatives, the one preferred by the greater number is selected. • It is governance by the majority of those who actually participate, regardless of the number entitled
non omittas propter liberatem
non omittas propter liberatem (non [schwa]-mit-[schwa]s prop-t[schwa]r lib-[schwa]-ray-t[schwa]m). [Latin “do not omit because of any liberty”] Hist. A clause, usu. contained in writs of execution, directing the sheriff to execute the writ regardless of whether the sheriff had been granted the requisite special authority from a franchise (liberty) or district. [Cases: Execution 60. C.J.S. Executions
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