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QUORUM
- The number of officers or members of a body that when duly assembled is legally competent to transact business.
- Usage: Report of a mass walkout by Democratic state legislators in Texas to protest a congressional redistricting bill, pushed by Republicans and backed by U.S. House Majority Leader Tom Delay, that the Democrats consider unnecessary and a distraction from more pressing matters school finance and a state budget shortfall.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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