Major
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
Z. Greater; the greater. Major annns: thq greater year; tte bissextile year, consisting of 366 days. Major nnmerus in se In old English lavs. A mayor. Major et commnnitas: mayor and commonalty. In the civil law. One of full age. Major annis Tiglntl qninqae: above twenty-five j'ears. Majora i'eg:alia, I In feudal law. The greater or higher prerogatives of the crown.