A majority vote of at least two members was necessary to convict.
If the proposed law or amendment received a majority vote it was to become a law of the State, independent of Legislative action.
A majority vote of each House is required for the passage of a measure.
The only way the absent Senators could be reached was through a call of the Senate, which required a majority vote of those present.
A majority vote is required by the constitution of Indiana that is so extravagant as to have caused contradictory decisions in the courts.
But, in 1738, the legislature passed a bill by which a majority vote of the town or parish could divert the money to the support of "the gospel ministry as by law in the colony established.
Constitution must pass both branches of the national Congress by a two-thirds vote and be ratified by a majority vote of three-fourths of the State Legislatures before it becomes a law.
Meantime all the energy that should be expended in directly educating the people must again be wasted trying to get a majority vote in two successive Legislatures.
Provinces have been organized in a Dominion, but all subsequent elections shall be by a majority vote of all the Grand Giants throughout the Dominion and biennially as aforesaid.
It was now continued during three sessions and then, by majority vote, indefinitely postponed.
Two conspicuous examples of the impossibility of obtaining an amendment where it would be likely to receive a majority voteare to be found in California and Iowa.
A charter was refused in Pennsylvania which provided that the congregation might, by a majority vote, dissolve or secede from the central body and divide the property.
In corporate meetings, meetings of boards, and meetings of committees duly called, a majority vote of those present determines the action of the body.
A few sects, by a majority vote, make and change their constitutions at will.
Every measure must pass two readings in each chamber, with an interval of five days, unless otherwise ordered by a majority vote.
The decision of the commission shall be taken by a majority vote.
So long as the present treaty remains in force, Germany undertakes to give every facility for any investigation which the Council of the League of Nations, acting if need be by a majority vote, may consider necessary.
The Senate may approve a measure by a majority vote and it then becomes a law, or they may make such suggestions regarding the amendment as may seem to them pertinent, and return it to the House to accept or reject as they may see fit.
Judges, both Federal and State, were to be appointed for life, subject to compulsory retirement at seventy, and to forced retirement at any time by a two-thirds vote of the House and a majority vote of the Senate.
Their appointment was to be suggested by the President or Governor, as the case might be, and a majority vote of the House and a two-third vote of the Senate were necessary for confirmation.
Does a majority vote for a party indicate that the majority approve of the entire platform of that party?
Sidenote: Difficulties due to the fact that international law cannot be made by a majority vote, or repealed save by a unanimous vote.
Difficulties due to the fact that international law cannot be made by a majority vote, or repealed save by a unanimous vote.
A difficulty of a special kind besets international legislation, owing to the fact that international rules cannot be created by a majority vote, and that, when once in existence, they cannot be repealed save by a unanimous resolution.
A reconsideration requires only a majority vote, regardless of the vote necessary to adopt the motion reconsidered.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "majority vote" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
