Previous Question definition

Previous Question means the question voted on that gave rise to the previous decision.

Previous Question means to immediately stop debate on the primary motion and any amendments and to move immediately to a vote on the motion;

Previous Question means a motion to end debate and vote on the motion under debate;

Examples of Previous Question in a sentence

• The Vote on the Previous Question: What It Really Means This vote, the vote on whether to order the previous question on a special rule, is not merely a procedural vote.

• It shall be put in the following form: "The Previous Question has been moved.

• When a debatable question is before the House, any Member may move the Previous Question.

• Adjourn RecessLay on the Table Previous Question Amend an Amendment Amend the Bill Postpone Indefinitely Adopt a Bill A motion shall be in order when it outranks all other pending motions.

• Previous Question (Vote Immediately) When the previous question is moved, adopted and ordered, it shall have the effect to cut off all debate and bring the Senate to a direct vote upon the immediate question or questions on which it has been ordered.

• When a debatable question is before the House, any member may move the Previous Question.

• A motion to reconsider being put and lost shall not be renewed.(k) Call for the Previous Question.

• The Question is, shall the main Question now be put?" If the motion for the Previous Question passes, the main question shall be put immediately and no Member shall be heard to debate it further or seek to amend it.

• The Question is, shall the pending Question now be put?" If the motion for the Previous Question passes, the pending question shall be put immediately and no member shall be heard to debate it further or seek to amend it.

• The Previous Question, Next Business, or the Closure may be moved and seconded by those delegates only who have not previously spoken during the debate, and there shall be no speeches on such motions.

More Definitions of Previous Question

Previous Question. (vi) "Previous question" means a motion "that the original question be now put".

Previous Question means to end all debate and calls for an immediate vote on the main motion that does not otherwise have a proposed amendment under consideration.

Previous Question means moving a motion by a member present in the meeting worded "I move that question be not now put" with an intention to stop the discussion on the original motion. In "closure", if a member feels that sufficient discussion has taken place on a motion, he may move

Previous Question means to immediately close the debate and the making of any subsidiary motions, except Lay on the Table of a pending motion. If Previous Question is not adopted, debate continues. If adopted, the pending motion goes immediately to vote.