Quorum, n. A sufficient number of members of a deliberative body to have their own way and their own way of having it. In the United States Senate a quorum consists of the chairman of the Committee on Finance and a messenger from the White House; in the House of Representatives, of the Speaker and the devil.
2005 Update: A parliamentary safeguard which forbids action until the number of participants insures inaction.
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A cabal in legal clothing.
ReplyDeleteSounds like the Canadian parliament right now.
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ReplyDeleteThe word 'Quorum' originated from a group of people that gathered with one purpose in mind and the secretary taking the minutes did not know how to spell quarrel.
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ReplyDeleteI just finally found time to post on my OWN blog, let alone those of my friends, etc.
Anyway...
Quorum, n. A quantum quarrel.
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