Adjourn

A Way to Close a Meeting

Fix the Time at

Which to Adjourn

Set the time of another meeting

to finish the business of the session

Recess

Take a break

Question of Privilege

Register a complaint about the comfort and/or rights and privileges of others

Call for the Orders of the Day

Require the assemble to follow the agenda

Lay on the Table

Temporarily lay aside a pending question,

sometimes when something of immediate urgency arises

Previous Question

Bring an assembly to an immediate vote

on the pending question

Limit or Extend Debate

Exercising control over debate

on a question/motion

Postpone to a Certain Time

Delays action on a motion for a

set time period or after an event

Refer

Used to send a pending motion to a committee

Amend

Modify wording of a pending motion

before it is acted upon

Postpone indefinitely

Assembly declines to take a position

on the main motion;

effectively kills the motion

Main Motion

Brings business before the assembly

Point of Order

If a member rises to a "point of order" she indicates a question in the procedure being followed and wants the chair to enforce the rules

Appeal

Happens when two members question the ruling of the chair (one makes motion, one seconds). The assembly then makes the final decision on the question.

Suspend the Rules

Allows the assembly to do something

not allowed by its regular rules

Division of the Assembly

Calls for the vote to be taken again, this time by a standing vote instead of a voice vote

Take from the Table

Present again a motion that has been

laid on the table

Rescind

Change action previously ordered; can cancel a main motion, rule, by-law, resolution, section, or paragraph

Reconsider

Bring back for further consideration a motion already voted on

Permits correction of hasty or

ill-advised actions