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minority definition - legal

n

  1. An ethnic, religious, or other defined group of people who may face discrimination from the majority as a result of their differences.
  2. The condition of not yet being of legal age.
  3. A group of less than half of eligible voters.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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