Fix the time to which to adjourn
- Fix the time to which to adjourn
The motion to fix the time to which to adjourn, in parliamentary procedure, is used to set the time (and possibly the place) for another meeting to continue business of the session. [cite book | title=Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised|first=Henry M. |last=Robert|edition=10th ed.|year=2000|pages=p. 234]
Explanation and Use
infobox motion
name = Fix the time to which to adjourn (RONR)
class = P
inorder = No
seconded = Yes
debatable = No
amendable = Yes
voterequired = Majority
reconsidered = Yes
Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised
If it is moved while a question is pending, it is the highest ranking privileged motion. Otherwise, it is an incidental main motion.
References
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Adjourn (motion) — NOTOC The motion to adjourn, in parliamentary procedure, is used to close a meeting or convention. This motion may be a privileged or a main motion depending on conditions existing at the time that it is made.Explanation and Useinfobox motion… … Wikipedia
Division of the assembly — In parliamentary procedure, a division of the assembly (also division of the house or simply division) is a voting method in which the members of the assembly take a rising vote (stand up) or go to different parts of the chamber, literally… … Wikipedia
Postpone to a certain time — In parliamentary procedure, a postponing to a certain time or postponing to a time certain is an act of the deliberative assembly, generally implemented as a motion. It delays action on a pending question until a different day, meeting, hour or… … Wikipedia
Suspension of the rules — Suspend the rules (RONR) Class Incidental motion In order when another has the floor? No Requires second? Yes Debatable? No May be reconsidered? No Amendable? No Vote required … Wikipedia
Committee of the Whole — A Committee of the Whole is a device in which a legislative body or other deliberative assembly is considered one large committee. All members of the legislative body are members of such a committee. This is usually done for the purposes of… … Wikipedia
Motions relating to methods of voting and the polls — Class Incidental In order when another has the floor? No Requires second? Yes Debatable? No May be reconsidered? To close polls, no; to reopen polls, negative vote only; all others, yes Amendable? Yes … Wikipedia
Objection to the consideration of a question — is a method in parliamentary procedure of preventing a motion from coming before the assembly.[1] It is often used to prevent an embarrassing question from being introduced and debated in the assembly. Explanation and Use Objection to the… … Wikipedia
Motion that brings a question again before the assembly — Contents 1 Restoratory Motions 1.1 Demeter s Manual of Parliamentary Law and Procedure 1.2 Robert s Rules of Order Newly Revised 1.3 The … Wikipedia
Constitution of the United States — the fundamental or organic law of the U.S., framed in 1787 by the Constitutional Convention. It went into effect March 4, 1789. * * * Fundamental law of the U.S. federal system of government and a landmark document of the Western world. It is the … Universalium
Article One of the United States Constitution — United States of America This article is part of the series: United States Constitution Original text of the Constitution Preamble Articles of the Constitution I … Wikipedia
