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general, and next below a lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or an* army corps. Major hsereditas venit unicnique nos trum a jnre et legibus qnam a parenti bus. 2 Inst 56. A greater inheritance comes to every one of us from right and the laws than from parents. Major numeral in se continet mi norem. Bract, fol. 16. The greater number contains in itself the less. MAJORA REGALIA. The king's dig nity, power, and royal prerogative, as op posed to his revenue, which is comprised in the minora regalia. 2 Steph. Comm. 475; 1 Bl. Comm. 240. Majore poena affectus qnam legibus •tatnta est, non est infamis. One affect ed with a greater punishment than is pro vided by law is not infamous. 4 Inst. 66. MAJORES. In Roman law and gen ealogical tables. The male ascendants be yond the sixth degree. In old English law. Greater persons; persons of higher condition or estate. Majori snmmse minor inest. In the greater sum the less is included. 2 Kent, Comm. 618; Story, Ag. § 172. MAJORITY. Full age; the age at which, by law, a person is entitled to the manage ment of his own affairs and to the enjoyment of civic rights. The opposite of minority. Also the status of a person who is a major in age. In the law of elections, majority signi fies the greater number of votes. When there are only two candidates, he who re ceives the greater number of the votes cast is said to have a majority; when there are more than two competitors for the same office, the person who receives the greatest number of votes has a plurality, but he has not a majority unless he receives a greater number of votes than those cast for all his competitors combined. In military affairs, majority denotes the rank and commission of a major. Majns dignum trah.it ad se minus dignum. The more worthy draws to itself the less worthy. Co. Litt. 43, 355&; Bract fol. 175; Noy, Max. p. 6, max. 18. MAJUS JUS. In old practice. Greater right or more right A plea in the old real actions. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 476. Majus jus merum, more mere right Bract fol. 31. MAKE. 1. To cause to exist; to form, fashion, or produce; to do, perform, or exe-

lawful assistance. Bayard v. McLane, 3 Har.