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quorum

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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.

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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 U. S. Senate a quorum consists of the chairman of the Committee on Finance and a messenger from the White House. Ambrose Bierce

A quorum is assumed to be present unless a quorum call, requested by a member, proves otherwise. Source: Internet

"A proposed contextual evaluation of referendum quorum using fuzzy logics." Source: Internet

Helme said since there was no quorum, the session can not be considered a Riigikogu committee session and thus it does not matter whether it was held in an official committee room or in the cafe of the Riigikogu building. Source: Internet

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh cited difficulties in mustering quorum for the meeting of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change and sought permission to hold virtual meetings. Source: Internet

But efforts to fast-track a vote will take cooperation from all members — and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) has already signaled he wants a recorded vote, which would require a quorum — at least 216 members — to be present in the Capitol. Source: Internet

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