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quorum
[ kwawr-uhm, kwohr- ]
noun
- the number of members of a group or organization required to be present to transact business legally, usually a majority.
- a particularly chosen group.
quorum
/ ˈkwɔːrəm /
noun
- a minimum number of members in an assembly, society, board of directors, etc, required to be present before any valid business can be transacted
we don't have a quorum
the quorum is forty
quorum
- The minimum number of members of a committee or legislative body who must be present before business can officially or legally be conducted. In the United States Congress , for example, either house must have a majority (218 in the House of Representatives , 51 in the Senate ) to have a quorum.
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Videos of Quorum: Global LGBT Voices talks and panel discussions will be broadcasted on The Daily Beast in coming months.
Many agencies, such as the NLRB and the FEC, have multimember boards that require a quorum to operate.
When the Democrats saw what was up, a bunch of them took off for Oklahoma, and New Mexico to prevent a quorum vote.
Jacob Bernstein talks to a gay quorum about the morning-show double standard.
Norumbegam illi nobis nescio quam, vrbsque & castella nominant, quorum hodie ne vmbra quidem aut ipsa vox extant.
At the third meeting, however, there was a full quorum, and the business done at the previous meetings was duly confirmed.
A quorum is necessary to do business and a majority of the members of each house is considered as a quorum.
The governor was further to have the initiative of all measures proposed in the council, five of whom were required for a quorum.
Five of the quorum of the Twelve were in this apostacy; and some in every organized quorum became disaffected.
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