parliamentary procedures
Formal meeting rules
Parliamentary procedures are formal rules governing how deliberative assemblies conduct business—how motions are made, debated, amended, and voted on.
Robert's Rules of Order is the most widely used manual in the United States.
These procedures ensure orderly discussion and protect minority rights while allowing majority rule: The chair ruled the motion out of order under parliamentary procedure.
- call to orderFormally begin proceedings
- assembliesOrganized group gatherings
- filibusterDelaying tactic through speech
- clotureProcedure ending legislative discussion
- voice voteOral yes-or-no tally
roll call vote · rulebook · royal assent · order · debate · standing orders · hansard · chamber · bill · point of order · quorum · motion · caucus · amendment · sergeant-at-arms · whip · adjournment · majority
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Unilateral authoritative decree
rule by decree · autocratic rule · authoritarian rule · mob rule · one-man rule
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Complete disorder and confusion
free-for-all · anarchy · pandemonium · shouting match · bedlam
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