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Majesty

A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

See Prerogative. MAJOR; MAJUS. L. The greater; opposed to minus, the lesser, the less. Major in se eontinet minus. The greater comprises the less within itself. Omne majus eontinet in se minus. The greater includes the less. Omne majiis trahit ad se m,inus. The greater draws the less to itself — the accessory follows its principal.5 See Greater; Majority.

Major vis

The stronger agency. See Vis, Major.