quorum

     

In law, a quorum is the minimum number of members of a eliberative body necessary to conduct the business of that group. Ordinarily, this is a majority of the people expected to be there, although many bodies may have a lower or higher quorum.

Trivia about quorum

  • Meaning "of whom", it's the Latin term for the minimum number of Congress members needed to transact business
  • Term for the minimum number of people required at a meeting to conduct business legally
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew sits in the chamber of the State House in Concord, NH.) With only one member present in the 400-seat House, we're way short of this, which has to be a majority of the members
  • Minimum number of senators needed to do official business while in session