noun
voting right; right to vote
Used in legal, corporate, and organizational contexts to refer to the right to cast a vote in decision-making, such as shareholder meetings or committee resolutions.
株主は一株につき一つの議決権を持つ。
Shareholders have one voting right per share.
その議案は議決権の過半数で可決された。
The motion was passed by a majority of voting rights.
Compound of 議決 (ぎけつ, 'decision, resolution') and 権 (けん, 'right, authority'). The term is a straightforward Sino-Japanese legal coinage.