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Motions and What They Do/Mean
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Business
11th Grade
11/18/2012

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Term

 

 

 

Adjourn

Definition

 

 

 

A Way to Close a Meeting

Term

 

 

Fix the Time at

Which to Adjourn

Definition

 

 

Set the time of another meeting

to finish the business of the session

Term

 

 

 

Recess

Definition

 

 

 

Take a break

Term

 

 

 

Question of Privilege

Definition

 

 

 

Register a complaint about the comfort and/or rights and privileges of others

Term

 

 

 

Call for the Orders of the Day

Definition

 

 

 

Require the assemble to follow the agenda

Term

 

 

 

Lay on the Table

Definition

 

 

Temporarily lay aside a pending question,

sometimes when something of immediate urgency arises

Term

 

 

Previous Question

Definition

 

 

Bring an assembly to an immediate vote

on the pending question

Term

 

 

 

Limit or Extend Debate

Definition

 

 

Exercising control over debate

on a question/motion

Term

 

 

 

Postpone to a Certain Time

Definition

 

 

Delays action on a motion for a

set time period or after an event

Term

 

 

 

Refer

Definition

 

 

 

Used to send a pending motion to a committee

Term

 

 

Amend

Definition

 

 

Modify wording of a pending motion

before it is acted upon

Term

 

 

 

Postpone indefinitely

Definition

 

 

Assembly declines to take a position

on the main motion;

effectively kills the motion

Term

 

 

 

Main Motion

Definition

 

 

 

Brings business before the assembly

Term

 

 

 

Point of Order

Definition

 

 

If a member rises to a "point of order" she indicates a question in the procedure being followed and wants the chair to enforce the rules

Term

 

 

 

Appeal

Definition

 

Happens when two members question the ruling of the chair (one makes motion, one seconds). The assembly then makes the final decision on the question.

Term

 

 

 

Suspend the Rules

Definition

 

 

Allows the assembly to do something

not allowed by its regular rules

Term

 

 

 

Division of the Assembly

Definition

 

 

Calls for the vote to be taken again, this time by a standing vote instead of a voice vote

Term

 

 

 

Take from the Table

Definition

 

 

Present again a motion that has been

laid on the table

Term

 

 

 

Rescind

Definition

 

 

Change action previously ordered; can cancel a main motion, rule, by-law, resolution, section, or paragraph

Term

 

 

Reconsider

Definition

 

Bring back for further consideration a motion already voted on

Permits correction of hasty or

ill-advised actions

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