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    PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A body of rules followed by an assemblyplay

    Synonyms:

    order; parliamentary law; parliamentary procedure; rules of order

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("parliamentary procedure" is a kind of...):

    prescript; rule (prescribed guide for conduct or action)

    Domain member category:

    mover; proposer ((parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "parliamentary procedure"):

    interpellation ((parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy)

    standing order (a rule of order permanently in force)

    closure; cloture; gag law; gag rule (a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body)

    point of order (a question as to whether the current proceedings are allowed by parliamentary procedure)

    previous question (a motion calling for an immediate vote on the main question under discussion by a deliberative assembly)

    Instance hyponyms:

    Robert's Rules of Order (a book of rules for presiding over a meeting; written by Henry M. Martin in 1876 and subsequently updated through many editions)

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