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  2. Quorum - Wikipedia

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    The term quorum is from a Middle English wording of the commission formerly issued to justices of the peace, derived from Latin quorum, "of whom", genitive plural of qui, "who". [3] As a result, quora as plural of quorum is not a grammatically well-formed Latin-language construction. In modern times a quorum might be defined as the minimum ...

  3. Quorum call - Wikipedia

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    For practical purposes, a quorum call is a delaying measure that permits the Senate leadership to work out some difficulty or to await a Senator's arrival. [1] [2] Because of differences in procedure between the two bodies, quorum calls in the House are fairly rare, but they are quite common in the Senate.

  4. Quorum (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A quorum is the minimum number of members of a deliberative body necessary to conduct the business of that group. Quorum may also refer to: Minyan, in Judaism, a quorum required for certain religious obligations; The Quorum, New Orleans coffee house famous for being a seat of racial integration during the 60s

  5. Meeting (parliamentary procedure) - Wikipedia

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    According to Robert's Rules of Order, a widely used guide to parliamentary procedure, a meeting is a gathering of a group of people to make decisions. [1] This sense of "meeting" may be different from the general sense in that a meeting in general may not necessarily be conducted for the purpose of making decisions.

  6. Talk:Quorum - Wikipedia

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    quorum /ˈkwɔːrəm/ noun 1. a minimum number of members in an assembly, society, board of directors, etc, required to be present before any valid business can be transacted: the quorum is forty, we don't have a quorum Word Origin 1425-75; < Latin quōrum of whom; from a use of the word in commissions written in Latin specifying a quorum

  7. Feroz-ul-Lughat Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Feroz-ul-Lughat Urdu Jamia (Urdu: فیروز الغات اردو جامع) is an Urdu-to-Urdu dictionary published by Ferozsons (Private) Limited. It was originally compiled by Maulvi Ferozeuddin in 1897. The dictionary contains about 100,000 ancient and popular words, compounds, derivatives, idioms, proverbs, and modern scientific, literary ...

  8. Caucus - Wikipedia

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    The exact definition varies between different countries and political cultures. The term originated in the United States , where it can refer to a meeting of members of a political party to nominate candidates, plan policy, etc., in the United States Congress , or other similar representative organs of government.

  9. Parliament of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The foremost task before the first Constituent Assembly was the framing the Constitution for the nation. On 7 March 1949, the Objectives Resolution, which now serves as the basic law of Pakistan, was introduced by the first Prime Minister Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, and later adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 12 March 1949.