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N°23
© 2011 Roger Norheim Collections. All Rights Reserved
Quorumphotos: Roger Norheim Collections
A QUORUM IS THE MINIMUM NUMBER
OF MEMBERS OF A DELIBERATIVE
ASSEMBLY
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. ACCORDING TO
ROBERT’S RULES OF ORDER NEWLY REVISED, TENTH EDITION, THE CURRENT EDITION OF ROBERT’S RULES OF ORDER, THE
“REQUIREMENT FOR A QUORUM IS PROTECTION AGAINST TOTALLY UNREPRESENTATIVE ACTION IN THE NAME OF THE
BODY BY AN UNDULY SMALL NUMBER OF PERSONS.”THE TERM QUORUM IS FROM A MIDDLE ENGLISH WORDING
OF THE COMMISSION FORMERLY ISSUED TO JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, DERIVED FROM LATIN QUORUM, “OF WHOM”, GENITIVE PLURAL OF QUI = “WHO”. AS A RESULT, QUORA AS PLURAL OF
QUORUM IS NOT A VALID LATIN FORMATION.
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. ACCORDING TO
ROBERT’S RULES OF ORDER NEWLY REVISED, TENTH EDITION, THE CURRENT EDITION OF ROBERT’S RULES OF ORDER, THE
“REQUIREMENT FOR A QUORUM IS PROTECTION AGAINST TOTALLY UNREPRESENTATIVE ACTION IN THE NAME OF THE
BODY BY AN UNDULY SMALL NUMBER OF PERSONS.”THE TERM QUORUM IS FROM A MIDDLE ENGLISH WORDING
OF THE COMMISSION FORMERLY ISSUED TO JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, DERIVED FROM LATIN QUORUM, “OF WHOM”, GENITIVE PLURAL OF QUI = “WHO”. AS A RESULT, QUORA AS PLURAL OF
QUORUM IS NOT A VALID LATIN FORMATION.