A simple majority rule means that observers can assign at least a 50% probability to any one committee member having given their assent; if a majority of two-thirds is required, the probability that any given member has supported the proposal goes up.
With reference to voting rights, we hold only that in a consolidation as proposed here, Missouri law must be applied and that § 351.270 of that law requires the application of the Articles of Association of MoPac, which in turn, require the assent of the majority of the shareholders on a separate class-vote basis.
Logical empiricism probably never commanded the assent of the majority of philosophers in either Europe or America, and by 1970 the movement was pretty clearly over though with lasting influence whether recognized or not.
Its capacity to transact business is then established, created by the mere presence of a majority, and does not depend upon the disposition or assent or action of any single [144 U.S. 1, 6] member or fraction of the majority present.
The Hunting Act, ostensibly banning hunting with dogs, received royal assent in 2004, with a majority of MPs ignoring claims 16,000 jobs would go as a direct result, and hundreds of hounds destroyed.
So we are calling for Parliament's assent and a qualified majority decision.
The board majority acted by delivering a "written assent" document, which under the union's constitution allows for a majority of the board to take action outside of a formal board meeting.
Politicians, pundits and a majority of the public have dutifully nodded their heads in assent to this rapidly morphing Most-Wanted list.
A majority of directors from the 71-member board said they had delivered a "written assent" document to SAG headquarters authorizing the move to terminate Allen as national executive director and to replace him with White.
