quorum
the number of members of a group or organization required to be present to transact business legally, usually a majority.
a particularly chosen group.
Origin of quorum
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How to use quorum in a sentence
There’s a chance that they will not and that the committee doesn’t even have a quorum to hold votes.
The serious political and health risks Republicans are taking in moving forward with the Barrett hearings | Amber Phillips | October 5, 2020 | Washington PostEventually, a city lawyer told the PAC that Lightfoot and her aides participated in conference calls with a quorum of the City Council on March 26, March 30 and April 6.
When Is a Meeting Not a Meeting and a Lawmaker Not a Lawmaker? When It’s Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago. | by Mick Dumke | September 24, 2020 | ProPublicaJudges serve a single four-year term on the Appellate Body, which needs a minimum quorum of three in order to conduct reviews.
Trump’s prolonged assault on WTO means its ruling against Chinese tariffs is essentially moot | eamonbarrett | September 16, 2020 | FortuneSANDAG board members protesting the agency’s voting procedure last week nearly succeeded in depriving the agency of a quorum and denying it the right to make decisions.
Politics Report: Down Goes One Hot-Button Ballot Measure | Andrew Keatts | July 18, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoSo we drew from that shifting quorum threshold that your vote matters, but some votes just matter more.
How to Make Meetings Less Terrible (Ep. 389 Rebroadcast) | Stephen J. Dubner | May 28, 2020 | Freakonomics
Videos of quorum: Global LGBT Voices talks and panel discussions will be broadcasted on The Daily Beast in coming months.
A Quorum For Change: The Fight For Global LGBT Equality | Justin Jones | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMany agencies, such as the NLRB and the FEC, have multimember boards that require a quorum to operate.
Deregulators Lost at the Supreme Court When It Comes to Blocking Presidential Appointees | Aziz Haq | June 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen 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.
Report of the Chief Librarian for the Year 1924-25 | General Assembly Library (New Zealand)A quorum is necessary to do business and a majority of the members of each house is considered as a quorum.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyThe governor was further to have the initiative of all measures proposed in the council, five of whom were required for a quorum.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanFive of the quorum of the Twelve were in this apostacy; and some in every organized quorum became disaffected.
Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow | Eliza R. Snow Smith
British Dictionary definitions for quorum
/ (ˈkwɔːrəm) /
a minimum number of members in an assembly, society, board of directors, etc, required to be present before any valid business can be transacted: the quorum is forty; we don't have a quorum
Origin of quorum
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Cultural definitions for quorum
[ (kwawr-uhm) ]
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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