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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.