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Debate

Debate, is a sum of money reduced to a certainty and

speech or debate clause often cap S&D&C : a clause in Article I

Liable to be debated disputable subject to controversy or contention open to question or

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One who debates one given to argument a disputant a controvertist

put'. That question must be put forthwith, without amendment or debate, unless it appears to the chair that the motion is

by the clerk. During second reading there is a wide debate in general application and desirability of measure. Second reading normally

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

The motion to adjourn the House provides an opportunity for debate and half-an-hour is allotted for such debate. The subjects debated

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,

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