Facts About Caffeine. Caffeine is a stimulant and a diuretic. Because caffeine is a stimulant, it increases your blood pressure and heart rate, both of which are not recommended during pregnancy. Caffeine also increases the frequency of urination. This causes reduction in your body fluid levels and can lead to dehydration. Caffeine crosses the placenta to your baby.
A doctrine by which a numerical majority of an organized group holds the power to make decisions binding on all in the group. Noun. 1. majority rule - the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group. democracy. doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
The age of majority is a term. used to describe the time in life after. which a person is legally no longer. considered a child. Historically, the. age of majority was set at 21 in most states. But after the 1971 ratification of. the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution giving 18-year-olds. the right to vote in federal elections, most states, including. California, lowered their age of majority to 18. (FC Â§ 6502; 42 USC Â§ 1973bb) At the age of majority, teenagers acquire the. right to: l Enter into binding contracts. l Buy or sell property, including real. estate and stock.