QUORUM
\kwˈɔːɹəm], \kwˈɔːɹəm], \k_w_ˈɔː_ɹ_ə_m]\
Definitions of QUORUM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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The number of regularly assembled members of a body or corporation necessary, by law or constitution, to transact business.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A number of the members of any body sufficient to transact business: in American legislative assemblies, a majority of all the members constitute a quorum.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Number of members necessary for the transaction of business.
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Certain designated justices of the peace.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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