HyperDic: previous_question

English > 1 sense of the expression previous question:
NOUNcommunicationprevious questiona motion calling for an immediate vote on the main question under discussion by a deliberative assembly
English > previous question: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA motion calling for an immediate vote on the main question under discussion by a deliberative assembly.
Broadergesture, motionThe use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
order, rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedureA body of rules followed by an assembly

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