Definition of: quorum

(kwôr′əm, kwō′rəm) noun
1. Such a number of members of any deliberative or corporate body as is necessary for the legal transaction of business: commonly, a majority.
2. Formerly, in England, certain designated justices of the peace without the presence of some one of whom the others could not act: now applied loosely to all justices.
3. A select or chosen body. [<L, of whom <qui who]