prescribed guide for conduct or action

a book of rules for presiding over a meeting; written by Henry M. Martin in 1876 and subsequently updated through many editions

(parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy

a rule of order permanently in force

a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

a question as to whether the current proceedings are allowed by parliamentary procedure

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

a book of rules for presiding over a meeting; written by Henry M. Martin in 1876 and subsequently updated through many editions

(parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion