previous question

Other forms: previous questions

Definitions of previous question
  1. noun
    a motion calling for an immediate vote on the main question under discussion by a deliberative assembly
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    type of:
    order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order
    a body of rules followed by an assembly
    gesture, motion
    the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
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