Debate - Law Dictionary Search Results

Peremptory

Precluding debate or expostulation not admitting of question or appeal positive absolute decisive conclusive final

Actitation

Actitation, a debating of law suits

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place and move 'That the question be now put'. That question must be put forthwith, without amendment or debate, unless it appears to the chair that the motion is an abuse of the Rules of the House

Reading of a Bill

the first reading only short title is read by the clerk. During second reading there is a wide debate in general application and desirability of measure. Second reading normally takes place on the floor of the House

Tedious Repetition

or in tedious repetition either of his own arguments or of the arguments used by other members in debate, may direct him to discontinue his speech, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, 10th

Guillotine

The Concise Oxford Dictionary, H.W. Fowler and F.G. Fowler, p. 548. Is the most drastic method of curtailing debate in a legislature, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 410. In the House of commons, guillotine

Explanation

personal explanation with the prior permission of the speaker in respect of his conduct or alleged misrepresentation in debate. The member has to intimate speaker what he proposes to say by way of personal explanation. General arguments

Adjourn

the motion, 'That this House do now adjourn'. The motion to adjourn the House provides an opportunity for debate and half-an-hour is allotted for such debate. The subjects debated are of a wide range. In the House

Inconclusive

Not conclusive leading to no conclusion not closing or settling a point in debate or a doubtful question as evidence is inconclusive when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed

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