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Motion (parliamentary procedure) In parliamentary procedure, a motion is a formal proposal by a member of a deliberative assembly that the assembly take a particular action. These may include legislative motions, budgetary motions, supplementary budgetary motions, and petitionary motions. The possible motions in a deliberative assembly are ...
A ruling of the Chair, once given, must be accepted and may be challenged only by way of substantive motion. It is grossly disorderly to cross-examine the Chair, by way of point of order or otherwise. ^ abc "Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons Fourth Report". parliament.uk.
Dewey Decimal. 060.42. Preceded by. 2012 edition. The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (formerly the Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure by Alice Sturgis) is a book of rules of order. It is the second most popular parliamentary authority in the United States after Robert's Rules of Order. [1] It was first published in 1950.
No. Vote required. Admissibility of question is ruled upon by chair. In parliamentary procedure, a motion to raise a question of privilege is a privileged motion that permits a request related to the rights and privileges of the assembly or any of its members to be brought up. [1]
Parliamentary procedure is based on the principles of allowing the majority to make decisions effectively and efficiently (majority rule), while ensuring fairness towards the minority and giving each member or delegate the right to voice an opinion. [ 13 ] Voting determines the will of the assembly.
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.
Gavel. A gavel is a small ceremonial mallet commonly made of hardwood, typically fashioned with a handle. It can be used to call for attention or to punctuate rulings and proclamations and is a symbol of the authority and right to act officially in the capacity of a presiding officer. [1] It is often struck against a sound block, a striking ...
An adjourned meeting is a term used in parliamentary procedure to mean a meeting that is continued from the previous meeting. [9] The motion to fix the time to which to adjourn sets up an adjourned meeting, which is part of the same session (series of related meetings). Despite the name, an adjourned meeting is not related to the act of ...