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A motion to adjourn is a privileged motion, unless it is qualified in any way (such as "adjourn at 10 p.m."), the time for adjourning is already established, or unless adjournment would dissolve the assembly (in these cases, it is a main motion). [2] The privileged motion to adjourn is used to end the meeting immediately without debate.
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Fix the time to which to adjourn: Instead amend the privileged motion to adjourn: Objection to the consideration of a question: Accomplished by different motions depending on circumstances. [2] Postpone indefinitely: Use form of table (requiring a two-thirds vote) [3] Motions with different names Previous question
Author: Paul Mason: Language: English: Subject: Parliamentary procedure: Publisher: National Conference of State Legislatures: Publication place: United States
The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure omits Fix the time to which to adjourn, instead providing that the motion to adjourn may be amended with regard to the time to which to adjourn. This book also omits Call for orders of the day, on the grounds that any member may raise a point of order if the scheduled order of business is not being ...
Adjournment sine die (from Latin "without a date") is the conclusion of a meeting by a deliberative assembly, such as a legislature or organizational board, without setting a date to reconvene. [1] The assembly can reconvene, either in its present form or a reconstituted form, if preexisting laws and rules provide for this.
A U.S. judge has decided to adjourn the trial of New York City Mayor Eric Adams until further notice, stopping short of either dismissing the corruption charges or declining to dismiss them. The ...
A matter that was voted on could be brought back again through the motion to reconsider.Under Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR), this motion must be made within a limited time after the action on the original motion: either on the same day or in the case of a multi-day session (such as a convention), on the next day within the session in which business is conducted.