Use of the Majority in Adjudication - אזלינן בתר רובא

Cases where an item left a mixture

Cases where an item is found in a mixture

Chazakah

Concern for a minority percentage of cases: Gittin 2b; Niddah 18b

Cases where the majority is considered to be equivalent to unanimity: Niddah 18a

A majority, against an established, pre-existing, status: Niddah 18b

Using "majority" to establish that the rule of an "Inevitable" Transgression resultant from an Action doesn't apply to a given case: Ketuvot 6b

Relying on the majority of cases, in a matter of Saving Lives: Ketuvot 15b

Using "majority" in determining the nature of a locale in which a lost object is discovered: Bava Metzia 24a, 26a

Determining validity of the slaughter of a slaughtered bird found in a house or in a garbage heap: Bava Metzia 24b

Determining popular expertise, in determining whether a Bill of Divorce was written properly: Gittin 2b

The majority's ability in recognizing neighbors' signatures: Gittin 4a

Assuming that genital bleeding came from the area where most genital bleeding comes from: Niddah 18a

Considering an afterbirth to be an indication that there was a child: Niddah 18a, 26a

Considering a birthed limb to be an indication that there had been a full fetus inside: Niddah 18a, 24a, 28a

Assuming that bread which is found on the road was baked by a nochri: Eruvin 64b

Assuming that most thieves in Jewish areas are Jewish: Beitzah 15a

Destroying Terumah, where the majority of cases would be impure but there is a previous, verified status of purity: Niddah 18b

Weighing the rule that the Majority marry as virgins vs. lack of Rumor of a virgin-Style Wedding: Ketuvot 16a-b, 28a

Weighing majority against proximity [Rov v'Karov]: Beitzah 10b-11a



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