pending motion
A motion under consideration, even though other pending motions of higher rank may have taken precedence over it. Cf. immediately pending motion.
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immediately pending motion
The pending motion directly under consideration; the pending motion last stated by the chair and next in line for a vote. See pending motion; PRECEDENCE(4).
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coexisting motion
Parliamentary law. A main motion, such as one raising a question of privilege, that is pending at the same time as another main motion of lower precedence.
pending
pending, adj. 1. Remaining undecided; awaiting decision (a pending case). 2. Parliamentary law. (Of a motion) under consideration; moved by a member and stated by the chair as a question for the meeting’s consideration. See CONSIDERATION(2); ON THE FLOOR. • A motion may be immediately pending, meaning that it is directly under consideration, being the
secondary motion
A motion that does not itself bring business before the meeting, and is therefore in order when a main motion is pending. • A secondary motion may be either an incidental motion (although not an incidental main motion), a privileged motion, or a subsidiary motion. Cf. main motion.
incidental main motion
A main motion that relates to a procedural rather than a substantive matter; an otherwise secondary motion, made when no main motion is pending. — Also termed procedural main motion; quasi-main motion; specific main motion. See main motion. Cf. original main motion.
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motion for protective order
motion for protective order. A party’s request that the court protect it from potentially abusive action by the other party, usu. relating to discovery, as when one party seeks discovery of the other party’s trade secrets. • A court will sometimes craft a protective order to protect one party’s trade secrets by ordering that any
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privileged motion
A secondary motion that does not relate to other business, but rather to the organization, the meeting, its members, and their rights and privileges, and is thus entitled to prompt attention in preference over other pending business. See secondary motion; PRIVILEGE(6).
proponent
proponent, n. 1. A person who puts forward a legal instrument for consideration or acceptance; esp., one who offers a will for probate. [Cases: Wills 211, 219. C.J.S. Wills §§ 453–456, 468.] 2. A person who puts forward a proposal; one who argues in favor of something (a proponent of gun control). 3. Parliamentary law.
opponent
opponent. 1. An adverse party in a contested matter. 2. A party that is challenging the admissibility of evidence. • In this sense, the word is an antonym of proponent. 3. Parliamentary law. A member who speaks against a pending motion. Cf. PROPONENT(3).