MAJORITY

In Politics, the-age at which the sovereign, in hereditary monarchies, becomes capable of exercising supreme authority. See Minority, Regent. MAJOR TERM, in Logic, is, in a syllogism, the predicate of the conclusion. The major premise is that which contains the major term. In hypothetical syllogisms, the hypothetical premise is called the major. MAJUSCUL^, or CAPITA LES LITER^E. In Diplomatics, capital letters. The Latin manuscripts of the cla ical age which we po e (those found at Pompeii, and a few parchment MSS. of very early date) are written in capital letters. Few instruments or books of a later date than the sixth century are in capital letters. [s. 712]