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"Barbara Vines Little, CG, FVGS" <[log in to unmask]>
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  Members of the quorum were theoretically selected based upon their 
experience and knowledge of the law. At least one member of the quorum 
had to be present in order for court to be held. If you check Volume 14 
of the /Bulletin of the Virginia State Library,/ "Justices of the Peace 
of Colonial Virginia, 1757--1775" you will see the abbreviation "Quo:" 
indicating that those on the line and above it were members of the quorum.

  Barbara Vines Little, CG, FVGS

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On 10/14/2010 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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