quorum

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

QUO'RUM, noun [Latin gen. plural of qui, who.] 1. A bench of justices, or such a number of officers or members as is competent by law or constitution to transact business; as a quorum of the house of representatives. A constitutional quorum was not present. 2. A special commission of justices.
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