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/ˈkwôrəm/,
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quorums, plural;
  1. The minimum number of members of an assembly or society that must be present at any of its meetings to make the proceedings of that meeting valid

  1. a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business
  2. A quorum is the minimum number of members of a deliberative assembly (a body that uses parliamentary procedure, such as a legislature) necessary to conduct the business of that group. ...
  3. A quorum is the minimum number of votes that a distributed transaction has to obtain in order to be allowed to perform an operation in a distributed system. A quorum-based technique is implemented to enforce consistent operation in a distributed system.
  4. In the Latter Day Saint movement, a quorum is a group of people ordained or endowed with priesthood authority, and organized to act together as a body. The idea of a quorum was established by Joseph Smith, Jr. ...
  5. The Quorum coffee house created a successful model for multicultural exchange in the politically and racially charged atmosphere of the 1960s. It became a frequent target of segregationist harassment in New Orleans after it opened to persons from all racial backgrounds in 1963. ...
  6. The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority; A selected body of persons
  7. (QUORUMS) “A specified group of men, holding the same office in the Priesthood, organized for the more efficient advancement of the work for which the Priesthood in the Church is responsible” (D&C Student Manual, p. 435). The various priesthood quorums on the ward level meet every Sunday.
  8. The minimum number of members required for the conduct of business. Kavi Groups includes features for tracking meeting attendance which can automatically compute whether quorum was met at a group's meeting.
  9. The minimum number of delegates needed to be present for a committee to meet. In the General Assembly, a quorum consists of one third of the members to begin debate, and a majority of members to pass a resolution. ...
  10. A majority. The State Constitution requires a majority of the members elected to a house to be present for the transacting of legislative business.
  11. The percentage or proportion of voting shares required to be represented in person or by proxy to constitute a valid shareholders meeting, or the number of directors required to be present for a valid meeting of the board.
  12. The minimum number of members required to hold a meeting.
  13. The minimum attendance required to conduct business at a meeting. Usually, a quorum is achieved if a majority of directors are present (for directors meetings) or outstanding shares are represented (for shareholder meetings). The percentage needed for a quorum may be modified in the bylaws.
  14. (4) The quorum for a meeting of the committee shall be 3.
  15. Twenty-one members in the Senate, eighty-one members in the House. Quorum is set by the Constitution and also by rule in each branch of the General Court.
  16. The number of members needed to conduct the sessions. A Roll Call Vote may be called if there is a request to determine if a quorum is present.
  17. “Two-thirds of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business...” is a phrase from the Indiana Constitution that is also cited in the Standing Rules of the Indiana House of Representatives. ...
  18. The quorum at all Annual General Meetings of SCODOS shall be at least 25.
  19. In a cluster, a cluster partition is defined to have quorum (is “quorate”) if it has the majority of nodes (or votes). Quorum distinguishes exactly one partition. ...
  20. A majority of nodes that respond to an operation. This is a configurable consistency level. In a quorum read, the proxy waits for a majority of nodes to respond with the same value; while this makes for a slower read operation, it also helps ensure that you don't get returned stale data.
  21. A majority of the total body of the committee or house; or, in the case of the Senate Transportation Committee, a majority of the Democrats.
  22. The minimum number of members who must be present at a meeting to transact business legally. A quorum is a majority of all members unless the bylaws state otherwise. This requirement provides protection against unrepresentative action. ...
  23. A group of men who hold the same priesthood office (such as a deacons quorum, an elders quorum, or the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles).
  24. The number of members of a legislative body who must be present before business may be conducted.
  25. A majority of voting members of an IRB, including at least one member whose primary expertise is in a nonscientific area.