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  2. Parliamentary procedure - Wikipedia

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    In the United States terms used are parliamentary law, parliamentary practice, legislative procedure, rules of order, or Robert's rules of order. [2] Rules of order consist of rules written by the body itself (often referred to as bylaws), usually supplemented by a published parliamentary authority adopted by the body.

  3. Voting methods in deliberative assemblies - Wikipedia

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    Deliberative assemblies – bodies that use parliamentary procedure to arrive at decisions – use several methods of voting on motions (formal proposal by members of a deliberative assembly that the assembly take certain action). The regular methods of voting in such bodies are a voice vote, a rising vote, and a show of hands.

  4. List of motions - Wikipedia

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    The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (TSC) Postpone temporarily, or table; Close debate; Limit or extend debate; Postpone to a certain time; Refer to committee; Amend; Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure (Demeter) Lay on the table; Previous question; Limit or extend debate; Postpone to a definite time; Refer to a ...

  5. Robert's Rules of Order - Wikipedia

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    Henry M. Robert. A U.S. Army officer, Henry Martyn Robert (1837–1923), saw a need for a standard of parliamentary procedure while living in San Francisco.He found San Francisco in the mid-to-late 19th century to be a chaotic place where meetings of any kind tended to be tumultuous, with little consistency of procedure and with people of many nationalities and traditions thrown together.

  6. The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure - Wikipedia

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    In April 2012, a new book, entitled American Institute of Parliamentarians Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (AIPSC) was released, followed by a second edition in 2023. The Standard Code ( TSC ) omits several of the motions and sometimes-confusing terminology used in Robert's Rules of Order (RONR).

  7. Principles of parliamentary procedure - Wikipedia

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    Parliamentary procedure is the body of rules, ethics, and customs governing meetings and other operations of clubs, organizations, legislative bodies, and other deliberative assemblies. General principles of parliamentary procedure include rule of the majority with respect for the minority.

  8. Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure

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    Demeter's Manual. Demeter's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure is a parliamentary authority manual by George Demeter.It is included in the bank of study materials used in preparing for the Certified Parliamentarian (CP) designation offered by the American Institute of Parliamentarians. [1]

  9. Requests and inquiries - Wikipedia

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    In parliamentary procedure, requests and inquiries are motions used by members of a deliberative assembly to obtain information or to do or have something done that requires permission of the assembly. Except for a request to be excused from a duty, these requests and inquiries are not debatable nor amendable.