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Definition of Quorum

Quorum
Quorum Quo"rum, n. [L., of whom, gen. pl. of qui who, akin to E. who. See the Note below.] Such a number of the officers or members of any body as is competent by law or constitution to transact business; as, a quorum of the House of Representatives; a constitutional quorum was not present. Note: The term arose from the Latin words, Quorum aliquem vestrum . . . unum esse volumus (of whom we wish some one of you to be one), which were used in the commission formerly issued to justices of the peace in England, by which commission it was directed that no business of certain kinds should be done without the presence of one or more of certain justices specially designated. Justice of the peace and of the quorum designates a class of justices of the peace in some of the United States.

Meaning of Quorum from wikipedia

- A quorum is the minimum number of members of a group necessary to constitute the group at a meeting. In a deliberative ****embly (a body that uses parliamentary...
- PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) is an evidence-based minimum set of items aimed at helping scientific authors...
- biology, quorum sensing or quorum signaling (QS) is the ability to detect and respond to cell po****tion density by gene regulation. Quorum sensing is...
- Look up quorum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A quorum is the minimum number of members of a deliberative body necessary to conduct the business...
- Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Quorum of the Twelve, the Council of the Twelve Apostles...
- In the Latter Day Saint movement, the Quorum of the Twelve (also known as the Council of the Twelve, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Council of the...
- separate quorums of up to seventy members each, all of which would be led by seven presidents. These presidents, chosen from the first quorum, would appoint...
- The Quorum may refer to: The Quorum (magazine), a British homo****ual magazine of which a single issue appeared in 1920 The Quorum (coffee house), a New...
- Illis quorum (Illis quorum meruere labores) (English: "For Those Whose Labors Have Deserved It") is a gold medal awarded for outstanding contributions...
- A quorum is the minimum number of votes that a distributed transaction has to obtain in order to be allowed to perform an operation in a distributed system...