CHART I.
ORDER OF PRECEDENCE OF MOTIONS.
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Fix the Time to which to Adjourn (when privileged). |
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Privileged |
| Adjourn (when Privileged). |  |
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| @ | Take a Recess (when privileged). |  |
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| Raise a Question of Privilege. | |
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| Call for the Orders of the Day. |  |
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| Lay on the Table. | |
Subsidiary | |
| Previous Question (2/3). | |
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| @ | Limit or Extend Limits of Debate (2/3). | |
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| @ | Postpone to a Certain Time. |  |
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| @ | Commit or Refer. | |
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| @ | Amend. | |
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| Postpone Indefinitely. | |
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| @ | Main Motion. |
The ordinary motions rank as shown above: the lowest in rank are at the bottom, and the highest at the top of the list. When any one of them is immediately pending, the motions above it in the list are in order and those below it are out of order. The first three motions are not always privileged. When not privileged they are main motions and therefore of the lowest rank and are debatable and amendable. To Fix the Time to which to Adjourn is privileged only when made while another question is pending, and in an assembly that has made no provision for another meeting on the same or the next day. To Adjourn loses its privileged character if in any way qualified, or if its effect, when adopted, is to dissolve the assembly without any provision for its meeting again. To Take a Recess is privileged only when made while other business is pending.
