1. The minimal number of officers and members of a committee or organization, usually a majority, who must be present for valid transaction of business. 2. A select group.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, quorum of justices of the peace, from Latin qurum, of whom (from the wording of a commission naming certain persons as members of a body), genitive pl. of qu, who. See kwo- in Appendix I.
kwôr
m, kw
r
, who. See kwo- in Appendix I.
