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Subject:	Re: Member of the Quorum?
From:	Edward DuBois Ragan <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:12:22 -0400
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Craig,

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "quorum" originally meant "a select body of (usually eminent) justices of the peace, every member of which had to be present to constitute a deciding body; a member of this body. Later more generally: all justices collectively."

Cheers,

Ed Ragan 

On Oct 14, 2010, at 3:13 PM, Craig Kilby wrote:

> Question for all. I am reading an endnote (#294, p. 178) to Edward Porter Alexander's *The Journal of John Fontaine*. He says here about James Fontaine in King William County that "he served on the quorum."  Quorum of what? This would be between 1718 and 1735.
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> Craig Kilby
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