Re: Justice of the Quorum - Tmsjones
Subject: Re: Justice of the Quorum
From: Tmsjones
Date: July 16, 1998

 John Heard was the brother of my 5th gr grandfather- James Heard, he was a
> Justice of the Quorum?  Can anyone please advise me as to exactly what that
> office was?  Was it the same as a Justice of the Peace?


Gaila,

Did you ever get an answer to your question? I did not answer right away, 
because my information is a little vague and does not apply to North Carolina, 
but seeing no other, here's my contribution:

In Virginia, the commission of the peace issued by the governor named the 
county justices (also called justices of the peace) who composed the county 
courts. Certain justices were named to the quorum, without whom the court 
could not sit. I don't know whether the justices were named to the quorum on 
the basis of seniority, or knowledge of the law. I don't know if the court 
could sit with just one member of the quorum, or if a certain number from the 
quorum had to be present. But that was a quorum, and a justice of the quorum 
would have been one of those justices required for the court to meet.

--Marie

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