to postpone indefinitely

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• Postpone indefinitely — The motion to postpone indefinitely, in parliamentary procedure, is a subsidiary motion used to kill a main motion without taking a direct vote on it. Explanation and Use Postpone indefinitely (RONR) Class Subsidiary motion In order when another… …   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

• Postpone — Post*pone , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Postponed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Postponing}.] [L. postponere, postpositum; post after + ponere to place, put. See {Post }, and {Position}.] 1. To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• postpone — verb ADVERB ▪ indefinitely ▪ The event has been postponed indefinitely due to lack of interest. ▪ merely, only ▪ The inevitable conflict was merely postponed till the next meeting …   Collocations dictionary

• postpone — 01. We ve had to [postpone] the picnic because a number of people are busy that day. 02. The search for the plane that crashed in the mountains has been [postponed] due to bad weather. 03. I m afraid that if we decide to [postpone] our wedding,… …   Grammatical examples in English

• postpone — post|pone [pəusˈpəun US pousˈpoun] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: postponere, from ponere; POSITION1] to change the date or time of a planned event or action to a later one = ↑put back ≠ ↑bring forward ▪ The match had to be postponed… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• postpone — [[t]poʊspo͟ʊn[/t]] postpones, postponing, postponed VERB If you postpone an event, you delay it or arrange for it to take place at a later time than was originally planned. [V n/ ing] He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day …   English dictionary

• indefinitely — adv. Indefinitely is used with these verbs: ↑adjourn, ↑defer, ↑delay, ↑detain, ↑imprison, ↑last, ↑maintain, ↑multiply, ↑persist, ↑postpone, ↑prolong, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• Table (parliamentary procedure) — In parliamentary procedure, a motion to table has two different and contradictory meanings: In the United States, table usually means the motion to lay on the table or motion to postpone consideration; a proposal to suspend consideration of a… …   Wikipedia

• Subsidiary motion — NOTOC A subsidiary motion, in parliamentary procedure, is a type of motion by which a deliberative assembly deals directly with a main motion prior to (or instead of) voting on the main motion itself. [Cite parl|title=RONR|edition=10th|pages=60… …   Wikipedia

• Sara Gagliardi — Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 27th district In office January 10, 2007 …   Wikipedia