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Adjourn

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Close the meeting

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Adopt

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Accept/agree

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Agenda

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Order of business

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Amend

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Modify wording or meaning

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Appeal

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Members question chair’s ruling

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Aye

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Affirmative voice vote

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Board

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Administrative body

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Bylaws

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Basic rules of a society

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Commit or Refer

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Send to a committee

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10
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Convention

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Assembly of delegates

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Debate

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Discussion of merits of pending question

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Executive session

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Proceedings are secret

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Incidental motions

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Deal with questions of procedure

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14
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Lay on the Table

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Set main motion aside temporarily

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Main Motion

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Introduces business to the assembly

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Majority vote

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More than half of votes cast

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Mass meeting

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Unorganized group

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Meeting

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Single official gathering

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Minutes

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Written record of the proceedings

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Motion

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Formal proposal to take action

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21
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Request for Information

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Inquiry as to facts

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Point of Order

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Call for enforcement of rules

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Postpone Definitely

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Postpone to a certain time

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Postpone Indefinitely

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Dispose of the question without a direct vote

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Precedence
Rank
26
Previous Question
Close debate
27
Pro tem
Temporary
28
Quorum
Members required to transact business
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Ratify
Make valid action already taken
30
Recess
Short intermission
31
Regular meeting
Periodic business meeting
32
Rescind
Repeal
33
Second
Agreement that motion be considered
34
Secretary
Recording officer of an assembly
35
State the question
Place the motion before the assembly
36
Standing committee
Constituted to perform a continuing function
37
Take from the Table
Resume consideration of a main motion
38
The chair
Person presiding
39
Unanimous consent
No opposition
40
Viva voce
Voice vote
41
Close the meeting
Adjourn
42
Accept/agree
Adopt
43
Order of business
Agenda
44
Modify wording or meaning
Amend
45
Members question chair’s ruling
Appeal
46
Affirmative voice vote
Aye
47
Administrative body
Board
48
Basic rules of a society
Bylaws
49
Send to a committee
Commit or Refer
50
Assembly of delegates
Convention
51
Discussion of merits of pending question
Debate
52
Proceedings are secret
Executive session
53
Deal with questions of procedure
Incidental motions
54
Set main motion aside temporarily
Lay on the Table
55
Introduces business to the assembly
Main Motion
56
More than half of votes cast
Majority vote
57
Unorganized group
Mass meeting
58
Single official gathering
Meeting
59
Written record of the proceedings
Minutes
60
Formal proposal to take action
Motion
61
Inquiry as to facts
Request for Information
62
Call for enforcement of rules
Point of Order
63
Postpone to a certain time
Postpone Definitely
64
Dispose of the question without a direct vote
Postpone Indefinitely
65
Rank
Precedence
66
Close debate
Previous Question
67
Temporary
Pro tem
68
Members required to transact business
Quorum
69
Make valid action already taken
Ratify
70
Short intermission
Recess
71
Periodic business meeting
Regular meeting
72
Repeal
Rescind
73
Agreement that motion be considered
Second
74
Recording officer of an assembly
Secretary
75
Place the motion before the assembly
State the question
76
Constituted to perform a continuing function
Standing committee
77
Resume consideration of a main motion
Take from the Table
78
Person presiding
The chair
79
No opposition
Unanimous consent
80
Voice vote
Viva voce

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