[Avodah] Acharaei Rabbim l'Hatos

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I'm looking for sources..

The Hinuch on Mishpatim applies this to using rabbinical consensus
[even outside a formal BD]in order to preclude halachic anarchy

A Liberal on a Jewish Blog posited that

> When the Torah teaches "we follow the majority," we refer to the court
> and not culture.

It is obvious in reading Posqim that they do weigh the Rov as a very
important component in arriving at p'saq if not THE paramount component.


I am searching for the earliest and most authoritative sources that
advance this principle. IIRC there is a Rosh on this. Any more sources
from Shas and Posqim that establish this principle even outside BD?

KT
RRW
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