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Noun

1. previous question

a motion calling for an immediate vote on the main question under discussion by a deliberative assembly

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

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noun
1. 
(in the House of Commons) a motion to drop the present topic under debate, put in order to prevent a vote
2. 
(in the House of Lords and US legislative bodies) a motion to vote on a bill or other question without delay

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the question, put as a motion, whether a matter under consideration by a parliamentary body should be voted on immediately: defeat of the motion permits further consideration

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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The motion in parliamentary procedure to take an immediate vote on the main question being considered or on any other questions so designated.

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