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Table of Rules Relating to Motions: Debatable Flashcards

1
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is main motion or question debatable

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yes

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is Adjourn, ordinary case in societies debatable

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no

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is Adjourn at or to a future time, or in advance of a time already set, or when the assembly will thereby be dissolved debatable

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yes

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is adopt, accept, or agree to a report debatable

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yes

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is adopt bylaws or constitution, initially in forming a society debatable

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yes

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6
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is adopt revised bylaws or constitution debatable

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yes

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is adopt special rules of order debatable

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yes

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is adopt ordinary standing rules debatable

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yes

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9
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is adopt parliamentary standing rules in a convention debatable

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yes

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is adopt agenda or program debatable

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yes

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is amend a pending motion debatable

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if motion to be amended is debatable (debate on motion must be confined to its merits only, and cannot go into the main question except as necessary for debate of the immediately pending question)

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is amend an amendment of a pending motion debatable

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if motion to be amended is debatable (debate on motion must be confined to its merits only, and cannot go into the main question except as necessary for debate of the immediately pending question)

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is amend something previously adopted, general case, including ordinary standing rules debatable

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yes

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is amend parliamentary standing rules in a convention, when they are not pending debatable

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yes

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15
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is amend adopted agenda or program with reference to items not yet reached debatable

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yes

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16
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is amend bylaws or constitution, when not pending debatable

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yes

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is amend special rules of order, when not pending debatable

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yes

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18
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is appeal, general case debatable

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yes (debate on motion must be confined to its merits only, and cannot go into the main question except as necessary for debate of the immediately pending question)

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is appeal, relating to indecorum or transgression of rules of speaking, or to the priority of business, or if made when an undebatable question is immediately pending or involved in the appeal debatable

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no

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20
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is ballot, to order the vote on pending question to be taken by debatable

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no

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21
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is blank, to create by striking out debatable

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no

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22
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is, blanks, proposal for filing debatable

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if filling a blank in a debatable motion (debate on motion must be confined to its merits only, and cannot go into the main question except as necessary for debate of the immediately pending question)

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23
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is change or depart from adopted convention agenda or program, immediately to take up a matter out of its proper order debatable

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no

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24
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is commit, refer, or recommit a pending question debatable

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yes (debate on motion must be confined to its merits only, and cannot go into the main question except as necessary for debate of the immediately pending question)

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25
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is committee, to refer a matter that is not pending to debatable

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yes

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26
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is consider informally debatable

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yes (debate on motion must be confined to its merits only, and cannot go into the main question except as necessary for debate of the immediately pending question)

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27
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is consider by paragraph or seriatim debatable

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no

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28
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is continue speaking after indecorum, to grant permission to debatable

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no

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29
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is debate and amendment, to obtain immediate closing of debatable

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no

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30
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Debate, to limit or extend limits of, on a pending question debatable

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no

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31
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is debate, to limit or extend limits of, for the duration of a meeting

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yes

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32
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is discharge a committee debatable

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Yes; debate can go into question in hands of the committee

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33
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is discharge a committee, when it has failed to report at prescribed time, or while assembly is considered partial report of committee debatable

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yes; debate can go into question in hands of the committee

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34
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is division of the assembly (call for verification of a voting result by an uncounted rising vote) debatable

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no

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35
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is count of vote on division, to order, if chair does not do so debatable

36
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is division of a question debatable

37
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is call for separate vote on a resolution which is one of a series on different subjects offered by a single motion debatable

38
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is duty, to be excused from debatable

39
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is effect, fix time for taking debatable

40
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is extend time for consideration of pending question, or time until announced or scheduled adjournment or recess debatable

41
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is fix the time to which to adjourn, if moved while a question is pending debatable

42
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is fix the time to which to adjourn, if moved while no question is pending debatable

43
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is information, request for debatable

44
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is lay on the table debatable

45
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is minutes, to approve (when proposed by a motion) debatable

46
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is minutes, to correct before adoption (when done by a motion) debatable

47
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is minutes, to correct after approval debatable

48
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is minutes, to dispense with reading of debatable

49
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is nominations, to make debatable

50
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is nominations, to close debatable

51
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is nominations, to reopen debatable

52
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is nominations, motions relating to (except to close or reopen nominations) made while election is pending) debatable

53
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is nominations, motions relating to, made while election is not pending debatable

54
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is objection to consideration of a question debatable

55
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is order, to make a special, when question is not pending debatable

A

yes (debate on motion must be confined to its merits only, and cannot go into the main question except as necessary for debate of the immediately pending question)

56
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is orders of the day, to call for debatable

57
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is orders of the day, to proceed to debatable

58
Q

is orders of the day, when pending debatable

59
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is order, point of question of, or calling a member to debatable

A

No (but chair can permit full explanation and can submit question to assembly, in which case rule is as for appeal;) Yes (debate on motion must be confined to its merits only, and cannot go into the main question except as necessary for debate of the immediately pending question)

60
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is parliamentary inquiry debatable

61
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is postpone indefinitely debatable

A

yes; debate can go into main question

62
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is postpone to a certain time, or definitely, applied to a pending question debatable

A

Yes (debate on motion must be confined to its merits only, and cannot go into the main question except as necessary for debate of the immediately pending question)

63
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is postpone a pending question to a certain time and make it a special order debatable

A

Yes (debate on motion must be confined to its merits only, and cannot go into the main question except as necessary for debate of the immediately pending question)

64
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is postpone an event or action previously debatable

65
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is previous question (immediately to close debate and the making of subsidiary motions except the motion to lay on the table) debatable

66
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is Proviso debatable

67
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is questions of privilege, to raise while regular introduction as main motion is not in order debatable

68
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is question of privilege in the form of a main motion, whether introduced when an ordinary main motion is in order or admitted by raising a question of privilege debatable

69
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is ratify, or confirm debatable

70
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is read papers, to grant permission to debatable

71
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is recess, to take a, if moved while business is pending debatable

72
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is recess, to take a, if moved while no question is pending debatable

73
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is reconsider debatable

A

if motion to be reconsidered is debatable, in which case debate can go into that question

74
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is reconsider, in a committee debatable

A

if motion to be reconsidered is debatable, in which case debate can go into that question

75
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is reconsider, call up motion debatable

76
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is rescind and expunge from minutes debatable

77
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is rescind, repeal, or annul debatable

78
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is refer debatable

A

yes (debate on motion must be confined to its merits only, and cannot go into the main question except as necessary for debate of the immediately pending question)

79
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is substitute debatable

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if motion to be amended is debatable (debate on motion must be confined to its merits only, and cannot go into the main question except as necessary for debate of the immediately pending question)

80
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is suspend the rules (as applied to rules of order) debatable

81
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is suspend ordinary standing rules, or standing in a convention debatable

82
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is take from the table debatable

83
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is take up a question out of its proper order debatable

84
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is voting, motions relating to, if made while subject is pending debatable

85
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is voting, motions relating to, if made while no question is pending debatable

86
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is withdraw or modify a motion to grant maker permission to, after motion has been stated by the chair debatable

Roberts Rules of Order: Parliament (12 decks)

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