quórum

  • 21quorum — /kworam/ A majority of the entire body; e.g., a quorum of a state supreme court. The number of members who must be present in a deliberative body before business may be transacted. In both houses of Congress a quorum consists of a majority of… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 22Quorum — Unter Quorum (lateinisch für „von denen“, Plural „Quoren“) versteht man die Zahl der Stimmberechtigten, die sich an einer Abstimmung beteiligen müssen, damit diese gültig bzw. erfolgreich ist, siehe Quorum (Politik) eine Komponente der… …

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  • 23Quorum —  Pour l’article homophone, voir Corum. En droit, le quorum est le nombre minimal de membres d un corps délibératif nécessaire à la validité d une décision. C est souvent la moitié des membres, mais beaucoup d entités ont un pré requis plus… …

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  • 24Quorum — Quo|rum 〈n.; s; unz.〉 beschlussfähige Anzahl, für einen Beschluss (einer Körperschaft) erforderliche Zahl anwesender Mitglieder [engl., urspr. quorum of justices of the peace „zur Bildung eines Gerichtshofes benötigte Zahl von Friedensrichtern“… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 25quorum — quò·rum s.m.inv., lat. 1. TS dir. numero di componenti di un organo collegiale indispensabile per la validità di una votazione o di un adunanza 2. TS polit. estens., numero minimo di voti necessario per l elezione di un candidato: non raggiungere …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 26quorum — The minimum number of people who must be present or must provide a proxy to vote at a meeting in order to make a valid decision. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * quorum quo‧rum [ˈkwɔːrəm] noun [singular] the smallest number of people who must …

    Financial and business terms

  • 27quorum — n. 1) to constitute, make (up) a quorum 2) to have; lack a quorum * * * [ kwɔːrəm] lack a quorum make (up) a quorum to constitute to have …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 28quorum — / kwɔ:rəm/ noun a minimum number of people who have to be present at a meeting to make it valid ♦ to have a quorum to have enough people present for a meeting to go ahead ● Do we have a quorum? COMMENT: If there is a quorum at a meeting, the… …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 29quorum — [[t]kwɔ͟ːrəm[/t]] N SING A quorum is the minimum number of people that a committee needs in order to carry out its business officially. When a meeting has a quorum, there are at least that number of people present. It s not certain enough… …

    English dictionary

  • 30quorum — /kwawr euhm, kwohr /, n. 1. the number of members of a group or organization required to be present to transact business legally, usually a majority. 2. a particularly chosen group. [1425 75; < L quorum of whom; from a use of the word in&#8230; …

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