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abstention

Dictionary of Parliamentary ProcedureDictionary of Parliamentary Procedure
Refusal to vote either for or against a motion. Members are not obliged to vote and the records of the House take no official notice of such a refusal; a list of paired Members is appended if necessary to every division list in the Journals and Debates.Compare: pairing.

 

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abstention
abstract motion
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affirmative re...agenda
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amending Act
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ancillary moti...appeal a decis...appropriation
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