quorum
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- n a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business
- Without a legal quorum, the Assembly voted, 60-to-0 with 37 abstentions, to keep Rhee in office until a new President is elected.
- Gul's candidacy failed in April because opposition parties stayed away and denied parliament a quorum.
- But, as he reclined, there came a telephone message to say that the Senate had sent out a call for a quorum.