| NOUN | communication | parliamentary law, order, rules of order, parliamentary procedure | a body of rules followed by an assembly |
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| Meaning | A body of rules followed by an assembly. | |
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| Synonyms | order, rules of order, parliamentary procedure | |
| Category of | proposer, mover | (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion |
| Instances | Robert's Rules of Order | A book of rules for presiding over a meeting |
| Narrower | closure, cloture, gag rule, gag law | A rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body |
| interpellation | (parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy | |
| point of order | A question as to whether the current proceedings are allowed by parliamentary procedure | |
| previous question | A motion calling for an immediate vote on the main question under discussion by a deliberative assembly | |
| standing order | A rule of order permanently in force | |
| Broader | rule, prescript | Prescribed guide for conduct or action |
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