To delay a main motion’s consideration to a specified time or until a specified condition occurs, usu. by the next meeting — or to the next meeting as unfinished business. — Also termed postpone to a certain time; postpone to a definite time; postpone to a time certain. See TIME CERTAIN.
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To dispose of a main motion without taking a view on its merits while preventing its further consideration during the same session. • This motion’s ancient form in the English Parliament was to postpone consideration until “this day six months” (or “three months”) — that is, some time beyond the current session, sufficiently remote that
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postpone, vb. 1. To put off to a later time. 2. To place lower in precedence or importance; esp., to subordinate (a lien) to a later one. 3. Parliamentary law. To temporarily or permanently suppress a main motion. — postponement, n. postpone definitely. To delay a main motion’s consideration to a specified time or until
time certain. 1. A definite, specific date and time. Cf. DATE CERTAIN. 2. Parliamentary law. A specified time or condition for which a matter’s consideration is scheduled or to which its consideration is postponed. See postpone definitely under POSTPONE(3); special order under ORDER(4).
table, n. 1. A synopsized representation, esp. in columnar form, of the particulars of a subject, usu. to present diverse items in a way that can be more easily understood. • Examples include actuarial tables, genealogical tables (which show the names and relationships of all the persons constituting a family), and interest tables. 2. A