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abstention
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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Dictionary of Parliamentary Procedure INDEX:
List of Terms: Terms beginning with "A", Page 1 |
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1 A: Page 1 of 1.
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