In the law of elections. The excess of the votes cast for one candl-date over those cast for any other, where there are only two candidates, be who receives the greater number of the votes cast is sald 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 majorlty unless he receives a greater
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
