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quorum


quo·rum

Q0041200 (kwôr′əm)n.1. The minimal number of officers and members of a committee or organization, usually a majority, who must be present for valid transaction of business.2. A select group.3. The minimal density of bacterial cells that results in altered gene expression in a population of bacteria.
[Middle English, quorum of justices of the peace, from Latin quōrum, of whom (from the wording of a commission naming certain persons as members of a body), genitive pl. of quī, who; see kwo- in Indo-European roots.]

quorum

(ˈkwɔːrəm) na 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. [C15: from Latin, literally: of whom, occurring in Latin commissions in the formula quorum vos … duos (etc) volumus of whom we wish that you be … two]

quo•rum

(ˈkwɔr əm, ˈkwoʊr-)

n. 1. the number of members of a group required to be present to transact business or carry out an activity legally, usu. a majority. 2. a particularly chosen group. [1425–75; < Latin quōrum of whom]

quorum

- First the genitive plural of Latin qui, "who," it originally referred to the "number of justices who need be present to try a case."See also related terms for try.

Quorum

 Examples: quorum of the Shire (justices collectively), 1455; of peers; of surgeons, 1747.
Thesaurus
Noun1.quorum - a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct businessassemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one placeorganization, organisation - a group of people who work togetherminyan - the quorum required by Jewish law to be present for public worship (at least ten males over thirteen years of age)
Translations
法定到会人数

quorum

(ˈkwoːrəm) noun the smallest number of members necessary at a meeting before any business can be done. (會議的)法定人數 法定到会人数

quorum


quorum

(kwôr′əm)n.1. The minimal number of officers and members of a committee or organization, usually a majority, who must be present for valid transaction of business.2. A select group.3. The minimal density of bacterial cells that results in altered gene expression in a population of bacteria.

quorum

Hospital practice The mimumum number of members of a committee or decision-making body needed at a meeting to make decisions for that body. See Medical staff, Roberts' Rules of Order.

quorum


Quorum

A majority of an entire body; e.g., a quorum of a legislative assembly.

A quorum is the minimum number of people who must be present to pass a law, make a judgment, or conduct business. Quorum requirements typically are found in a court, legislative assembly, or corporation (where those attending might be directors or stockholders). In some cases, the law requires more people than a simple majority to form a quorum. If no such defining number is determined, a quorum is a simple majority.

A quorum also might mean the number of members of a body defined as competent to transact business in the absence of the other members. The purpose of a quorum rule is to give decisions made by a quorum enough authority to allow binding action to be conducted.

In both houses of Congress, a quorum consists of a simple majority of members.

quorum

n. the number of people required to be present before a meeting can conduct business. Unless stated differently in by-laws, articles, regulations, or other rules established by the organization, a quorum is usually a majority of members. A quorum for meetings of corporate boards of directors, homeowners' associations, clubs, and shareholders meetings are usually set in the bylaws. The quorum for meetings of governmental bodies such as commissions and boards are usually set by statute. (See: bylaws)

quorum

‘of whom’, used to denote the number of people required to constitute a meeting legally.

QUORUM. Used substantively, quorum signifies the number of persons belonging to a legislative assembly, a corporation, society, or other body, required to transact business; there is a difference between an act done by a definite number of persons, and one performed by an indefinite number: in the first case a majority is required to constitute a quorum, unless the law expressly directs that another number may make one; in the latter case any number who may be present may act, the majority of those present having, as in other cases, the right to act. 7 Cowen, 402; 9 B. & C. 648; Ang. on Corp. 28.1.
2. Sometimes the law requires a greater number than a bare majority to form a quorum, in such case no quorum is present until such a number convene.
3. When an authority is confided to several persons for a private purpose, all must join in the act, unless otherwise authorized. 6 John. R. 38. Vide Authority, Majority; Plurality.

Quorum


Quorum

The minimum number of people who must be present or must provide a proxy to vote at a meeting in order to make a valid decision.

Quorum

The minimum number of shareholders or board members that must be present at a meeting in order to make binding decisions for a company. Especially in the case of shareholders, the quorum may not be a number of persons, but a percentage of equity in the company represented by the owners who are present. The quorum is defined in the corporate charter. See also: Annual shareholders meeting.

quorum


  • noun

Words related to quorum

noun a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business

Related Words

  • assemblage
  • gathering
  • organization
  • organisation
  • minyan
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