MAJORITY RULE


Meaning of MAJORITY RULE in English

noun

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In the case of spending and tax legislation, majority rule is thus further weakened.

In these weeks, I have had the chance to listen to Joshua Nkomo calling for majority rule now.

Is majority rule under a system of parliamentary democracy a sufficient guarantee of legitimacy?

Many reject democracy in terms of party competition, majority rule and the rule of law.

The majority leadership's specialty became mounting filibusters or using other delaying tactics to prevent majority rule .

Those who peopled them have either been driven out in a bloody liberation war or yielded their political supremacy to majority rule .

Two working conclusions follow from this, namely, toleration and the qualification of majority rule .

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