WorksheetsFFA Ability Definitions- Multiple Choice
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
to lay aside a pending motion temporarily when something of immediate urgency has arisen
Lay on the table
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Refer to a Committee
Amend
to immediately close debate and the making of all subsidiary motions except lay on the table
Amend
Object
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Withdraw
to send a pending motion to a committee so that it may be further investigated & put into better condition for the assembly to consider at a later time
Take from the table
Refer to a committee
Limit/extend limits of debate
Object
to obtain information about parliamentary law or rules of the organization bearing on the business at hand
Point of order
Parliamentary Inquiry
Amend
Object
to enforce the rules of the assembly
Parliamentary Inquiry
Withdraw
Point of order
Reconsider
to suspend one or more rules contained in the parliamentary authority, the special rules of order, or the standing rules of order
Object
Withdraw
Suspend the rules
Point of order
to take a standing vote either because the result appeared close or because a member doubted that a representative number of the members present have voted
Division of the Assembly
Point of order
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Suspend the rules
to bring an item of business before the assembly
Main motion
Refer to a committee
Lay on the table
Suspend the rules
