clinch

clinch, vb. Parliamentary law. To preclude further action on (an adopted motion or series of motions) by moving at once for reconsideration and then defeating that motion. • The clincher motion in a legislative body usu. takes the form of a motion to “reconsider and lay on the table [the motion to reconsider].” Since the motion has just been debated and passed, there are almost always enough votes to defeat a motion to reconsider. — clincher, n.

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