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The very purpose of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution is to protect minority rights against majority voters. Every court decision that strikes down discriminatory legislation, including past Supreme Court decisions, affirming the fundamental rights to marry the person you love, overrules a majority decision.
David Boies

Meaning of "majority decision" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MAJORITY DECISION

majority decision  [məˈdʒɒrɪtɪ dɪˈsɪʒən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAJORITY DECISION

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Majority decision is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAJORITY DECISION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Majority decision

A majority decision (MD) is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving striking. In a majority decision, two of the three judges agree on which fighter won the match, while the third judge indicates that neither fighter won (i.e., a "draw"). In boxing, each of the three judges keep score (round by round) of which fighter he / she feels is winning (and losing). If all scheduled rounds are completed (i.e., no knockout (technical included)), each judge totals the points for all rounds. If the same fighter scores more points than the other on 2 of the judges' scorecards -- but the third judge scored equally for both fighters (a draw) -- the official victory is awarded to the agreed-upon (by a 2 to 1 'majority') fighter. If all judges rule for the same boxer, the decision is referred to a Unanimous Decision. The majority decision is frequently confused with the term split decision, but they are not the same. A split decision occurs when two judges pick the same fighter as the winner, while the third judge decides that the opposite fighter won.

Definition of majority decision in the English dictionary

The definition of majority decision in the dictionary is a decision supported by more than half the people involved.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAJORITY DECISION


abscission
æbˈsɪʒən
circumcision
ˌsɜːkəmˈsɪʒən
concision
kənˈsɪʒən
decision
dɪˈsɪʒən
discission
dɪsˈsɪʒən
division
dɪˈvɪʒən
excision
ɛkˈsɪʒən
imprecision
ˌɪmprɪˈsɪʒən
incision
ɪnˈsɪʒən
indecision
ˌɪndɪˈsɪʒən
nondecision
ˌnɒndɪˈsɪʒən
occasion
əˈkeɪʒən
precisian
prɪˈsɪʒən
precision
prɪˈsɪʒən
recision
rɪˈsɪʒən
rescission
rɪˈsɪʒən
subdecision
ˌsʌbdɪˈsɪʒən
subincision
ˌsʌbɪnˈsɪʒən
ultraprecision
ˌʌltrəprɪˈsɪʒən
uncircumcision
ˌʌnsɜːkəmˈsɪʒən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAJORITY DECISION

major term
major-domo
major-generalcy
major-generalship
majorat
Majorca
Majorcan
majorette
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majoritarianism
majorities
majority
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majority opinion
majority rule
majority shareholding
majority verdict
majorly
majors
majorship

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAJORITY DECISION

cable television
cell division
collision
colour television
commission
double vision
educational television
envision
Eurovision
field of vision
infantry division
long division
night vision
night-vision
panzer division
provision
revision
satellite television
subdivision
supervision
vision

Synonyms and antonyms of majority decision in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «majority decision» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAJORITY DECISION

Find out the translation of majority decision to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of majority decision from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «majority decision» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

多数人的决定
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

decisión de la mayoría
570 millions of speakers

English

majority decision
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बहुमत निर्णय
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

قرار الأغلبية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

большинство решение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

decisão da maioria
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংগত সিদ্ধান্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

décision de la majorité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keputusan majoriti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mehrheitsbeschluss
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

多数決
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다수의 결정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Keputusan mayoritas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quyết định phần lớn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரும்பான்மையான முடிவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बहुसंख्य निर्णय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çoğunluk kararı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decisione a maggioranza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

większość decyzji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

більшість рішення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

decizie cu majoritate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απόφαση της πλειοψηφίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

meerderheidsbesluit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

majoritetsbeslut
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flertallsvedtak
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of majority decision

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about majority decision

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QUOTES WITH «MAJORITY DECISION»

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David Boies
The very purpose of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution is to protect minority rights against majority voters. Every court decision that strikes down discriminatory legislation, including past Supreme Court decisions, affirming the fundamental rights to marry the person you love, overrules a majority decision.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAJORITY DECISION»

Discover the use of majority decision in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to majority decision and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Constitutions and Political Theory
In France there is requirement of a majority of 60 per cent in both chambers of the national assembly, or a simple majority decision in each chamber combined with a referendum. The Portuguese constitution stipulates a two-thirds majority, ...
Jan-Erik Lane, 1996
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Collective Decision Making: Views from Social Choice and ...
The domain condition of extremal restriction (ER) plays an important role in the theory of majority decision making. In its precise form, the condition states that if someone strictly prefers alternative x to alternative y and alternative y to alternative ...
Adrian Van Deemen, Agnieszka Rusinowska, 2010
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Majority Decisions: Principles and Practices
First, however, we need to explain what we shall understand by majority decision . We begin by stating a standard or benchmark definition, and then proceed to explore some complications. The standard case. A group with an odd number of  ...
Stéphanie Novak, Jon Elster, 2014
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ABA Journal
three experimental juries rendering verdicts, while only one jury hung under the majority decision rule. One last study had student mock juries deliberate on two criminal cases presented in a short audiotaped summary format. Neither the ...
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The Estate Planner's Handbook
A potential fear in providing for majority decision-making, however, is the possibility, depending upon the personalities of the individuals appointed as executors and trustees, that one of the named executors and trustees may always find ...
Robert Spenceley, 2009
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Choosing for Juries: Application and Development of Juries ...
majority decision-making in jury practice, around 20% of all cases are reached via majority verdicts.275 Lord Auld in his report did not accept the need to change the majority verdict. He stated that this form of decision-making was effective and ...
Nazim Ziyadov, 2013
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Choice, Welfare and Measurement
Finally, we related the sufficiency of various restrictions on individual preferences for rational choice under majority decision to specific characteristics of the method of majority decision. Since some of these characteristics are shared by other ...
Amartya Kumar Sen, 1997
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A Constitution of Direct Democracy - Pur
Even this small margin would yield a majority decision that is "right". Statistically, if 100,000 of such "51% voters" do vote, then there will be a 99% chance that the majority vote would be "right". A good government with an 80% chance to be ...
Michael Noa Mautner, 2000
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The Legal Environment of Business
Decisions by Appeals Courts An appellate court's majority decision is referred to as the court's majority opinion. This opinion gives the legal rationale for the court's decision. It also provides guidance to judges and attorneys for the resolution of ...
Roger E. Meiners, Al H. Ringleb, Frances Edwards, 2014
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Inside the Jury
... and then asked to deliberate in six-person or twelve-person juries under unanimous or two-thirds majority decision rules. Hung juries were again more likely to appear in unanimous decision conditions than under majority rule instructions.
Reid Hastie, Steven Penrod, Nancy Pennington, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAJORITY DECISION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term majority decision is used in the context of the following news items.
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Scorecard: Carl Frampton overcomes scare to claim decision
He would have won a majority decision without the deductions. ... in the first round and edged him by majority decision on scores of 96-93, ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
2
Lucas Matthysse, Viktor Postol set for title fight Oct. 3 - ESPN.com
Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs), 32, one of boxing's most fearsome punchers and most exciting fighters, is coming off a majority decision win against ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
3
Gov. Haslam's legacy remains unseen | Johnson City Press
Nope, he wants to go for broke by impeaching the five justices who handed down the majority decision to legalize same-sex marriage. «Johnson City Press, Jul 15»
4
Thomas Mulcair seeks to ease fears on NDP referendum position
The policy says the NDP would recognize a “majority decision” — specified as 50 per cent plus one — as enough to trigger talks “in the spirit” of ... «OurWindsor.ca, Jul 15»
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Australian fighter shines in Balikatan 12 MMA - The Manila Times …
... while Christchan Buentiempo won by majority decision over UGB MMA bet Jaypee Espinosa. The Buen¬tiempo-Espinosa match bagged the ... «The Manila Times, Jul 15»
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Full Report from Sands Casino in Bethlehem PA | Boxing News …
One judge saw it 95-95 even while the other two officials had it for Lopez at 96-93 giving him the majority decision victory. “I knew nothing about ... «Fight News, Jul 15»
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Cut Shuts Down Fight Early and Herrera Wins by Majority Decision
LOS ANGELES-A junior welterweight showdown between Mauricio Herrera and Hank Lundy was stopped short by accidental head butts and ... «The Sweet Science, Jul 15»
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Justice Scalia Warns that SCOTUS Majority Worse than the 1776 Brits
The justice said that in its hubris, the majority decision had carried out a more serious offense than the one that sparked the Boston Tea Party ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
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Will Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage challenge or …
In the majority decision, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote: "Finally, it must be emphasized that religions, and those who adhere to religious ... «Inside Higher Ed, Jun 15»
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US Supreme Court Reaches Majority Decision With ACA Subsidies
June 25, 2015 marked an important and historic day, characterized by a 6-3 majority opinion in the US Supreme Court in the King v Burwell ... «Pioneer News, Jun 15»

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