quorum = minimum number of people required for a meeting or assembly before it can validly start eg The annual meeting couldn't start until a fourth person arrived, because the quorum for a valid meeting was four.
the short quorum crumbled the house in two hours.
The board members waited until a quorum was reached before starting the meeting.
The meeting was stalled in absence of quorum.
It is called a Quorum.
As part of the Quorum Presidency, he will share duties concerning the welfare of the members of his Quorum and the duties of the Quorum. In the absence of the Quorum president, he will take the president's responsibilities.
The noun 'quorum' is used as a collective noun for:a quorum of shareholdera quorum of members
According to the Constitution, a quorum is a majority of those holding office; thus for the Senate it is fifty-one Senators. Generally it is assumed there is a quorum present unless there is a quorum call, i.e. a request to establish that there really is a quorum.
Anointed Quorum ended in 1846.
Anointed Quorum was created in 1842.
Different bodies have different numbers for their quorum.
Committee procedures do not require a quorum of the legislators.
Sixth Quorum of the Seventy was created in 2004.