Note Footnote 9 — Chapter V · OF MOTIONS IN GENERAL.
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: It is usual in legislative assemblies, to provide by a special rule, both as to the particular motions to be used, and the order in which they may be made. Thus, the rule in the house of representatives of Congress (which is also adopted in the house of representatives of Massachusetts), is, that, “when a question is under debate, no motion shall be received, but to adjourn, to lie on the table, for the previous question, to postpone to a day certain, to commit, to amend, to postpone indefinitely, which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are arranged.”] Return to text