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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  quorum 
  n  :  a  gathering  of  members  of  an  organization  large  enough  to 
  transact  business 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  QUORUM,  n.  A  sufficient  number  of  members  of  a  deliberative  body  to 
  have  their  own  way  and  their  own  way  of  having  it  In  the  United 
  States  Senate  a  quorum  consists  of  the  chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
  Finance  and  a  messenger  from  the  White  House;  in  the  House  of 
  Representatives,  of  the  Speaker  and  the  devil.




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