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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Quorum

/(kwō"rŭm)/ · Quo·rum · IPA /ˈkwɔːɹəm/
01 n. 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…
  1. 1.
    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.