Debatable - Law Dictionary Search Results

Mistake apparent on the record

there may conceivably be two opinions. A decision on a debatable point of law is not a mistake apparent from the

Capable of being contested debatable

unwritten, to be collected from the journals or reports of debates, or to be ascertained from personal experience; the written part

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the opinion that such words have been used in the debate, he may, in his, discretion, order expunction of such words

arguments or of the arguments used by other members in debate, may direct him to discontinue his speech, Rules of Procedure

speaker in respect of his conduct or alleged misrepresentation in debate. The member has to intimate speaker what he proposes to

Fowler, p. 548. Is the most drastic method of curtailing debate in a legislature, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997,

to no conclusion not closing or settling a point in debate or a doubtful question as evidence is inconclusive when it

rule : a law, order, or ruling that prohibits free debate or expression of ideas, information, or opinions [a long-standing Florida

Used in or suitable to court of law or public debate, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 660.

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