Sentence examples for constitutes a quorum from inspiring English sources
Article 1, Section 5 of the Constitution states that for each house of Congress a majority constitutes a "Quorum to do Business".
In today's hundred-member Senate, the majority that constitutes a quorum to do business is fifty-one senators.
But since the previous sentence has established that a majority constitutes a quorum to do business, it's obvious that the "of the Members present" part is understood.
A Sandor Krauss, a Manhattan co-op and condo lawyer, says the state's Business Corporation Law provides that a majority of the entire board normally constitutes a quorum.
It just says "two thirds," without adding "of the Members present". But since the previous sentence has established that a majority constitutes a quorum to do business, it's obvious that the "of the Members present" part is understood.
So commissioners from all the 89 I.W.C. member nations retired behind closed doors for hours of intense discussion, emerging late Thursday evening to announce — you guessed it — the creation of a committee to study the question of what constitutes a quorum.
The constitution provides that 'a majority of each [house] shall constitute a quorum to do business.' In other words, when a majority are present the house is in a position to do business.
