adjournment motion

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• Adjournment debate — In the Westminster System, an adjournment debate is a debate on the motion, That this House do now adjourn. In practice, this is a way of enabling the House to have a debate on a subject without considering a substantive motion. Types of debate… …   Wikipedia

• Adjournment — For use of the term in board games, see adjournment (games). An adjournment is a suspension of proceedings to another time or place. To adjourn means to suspend until a later stated time or place. Contents 1 Law 2 Parliamentary procedure 3 See… …   Wikipedia

• adjournment — noun a) The state of being adjourned. Adjournment didnt come a minute too soon for those of us who needed the toilet. b) The action of adjourning. At midnight we made a motion for adjournment and everyone went home tired …   Wiktionary

• adjournment debate —    The half hour debate held at the end of each sitting day in Parliament, so named because it takes place on the motion to adjourn the house. Adjournment debates give backbench Members of Parliament the opportunity to initiate a debate on a… …   Glossary of UK Government and Politics

• adjournment — n. adjourning or being adjourned. Phrases and idioms: adjournment debate a debate in the House of Commons on the motion that the House be adjourned, used as an opportunity for raising various matters …   Useful english dictionary

• adjournment debate — /əˈdʒɜnmənt dəbeɪt/ (say uh jernmuhnt duhbayt) noun a debate at the end of a parliamentary sitting day, following the motion to adjourn the house, in which members may speak on topics of their choice …  

• Recess (motion) — In parliamentary procedure, recess refers to legislative bodies such as parliaments, assemblies, juries that are released to reassemble at a later time. The members may leave the meeting room, but are expected to remain nearby. A recess may be… …   Wikipedia

• Conditional adjournment — In the United States, conditional adjournment refers to the authority given to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore or the Majority Leader of the Senate, when Congress is in recess for more than three days, to …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Early day motion — An early day motion (EDM), in the Westminster system, is a motion tabled by Members of Parliament for debate on an early day . They are only very rarely debated on the floor of the Chamber of the House. EDMs remain open for signature for the… …   Wikipedia

• Privileged motion — NOTOC A privileged motion is a motion in parliamentary procedure that is granted precedence over ordinary business because it concerns matters of great importance or urgency. Such motions are not debatable, although in case of questions of… …   Wikipedia