Middle English Dictionary Entry
quōrum n.
Entry Info
| Forms | quōrum n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Law The senior justice or justices of the peace whose presence was necessary to constitute the court.
Associated quotations
- (1426) Proc.Privy C.3.220 : For asmuche as no sessioun of þe pees may be holden withouten þaim..þat be named justice in the quorum, it seemeth expedient þat suche be ordeyned to be in þe quorum as can and wol truely & duely laboure þe seid office.
- (1455) RParl.5.334a : That al Justicez..doo certefie unto the Justicez or Justice of the Peax of the Quorum yn the same Shire, the tenours of al suche Recordez..And that the Justicez or Justice of the Peax of the same Shire of the Quorum..have by this Acte power and auctorite to arraigne..al suche personez.