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Noun

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

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Domain	Definition
Law	A motion offered to end debate and preclude further amendments from being offered. In effect it asks, "are we ready to vote on the issue before us?" If the previous question is ordered in the House, all debate ends and usually the House immediately votes on the pending bill or amendment. If the previous question is defeated, control of debate shifts to the leading opposition member (usually the Minority floor manager) who then manages an hour of debate and may offer a germane amendment to the pending business. The effect of defeating the previous question is to turn over control of the floor to the Minority or opposition. Even though the Minority may try to depict an effort to defeat the previous question as a substantive vote, it is always a procedural action. (references)
	If a member seeks to cut off all further debate on a measure(s), he or she can call the previous question and force the body to vote immediately on the issue. (references)
Literature	Previous Question (See Question .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms within Context: Previous Question

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Relinquishment	Throw up the game, throw up the cards; give up the point, give up the argument; pass to the order of the day, move to the previous question.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Specific details of dosage regimens are discussed in detail in the response to the previous question. (references)
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Language		Translations for "previous question"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		forslag om overgang til dagsordenen. (various references)

French		question préalable (preliminary issue, preliminary matter, preliminary question). (various references)

German		Vorfrage (preliminary question). (various references)

Hungarian		halasztási indítvány. (various references)

Italian		questione pregiudiziale (in parlamento). (various references)

Pig Latin		eviouspray estionquay

Spanish		cuestión previa. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Previous Question

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-i-i-n-o-o-p-q-r-s-s-t-u-u-v"
	-4 letters: seropositive.
	-5 letters: nervosities, perquisites, questioners, repositions, supervision.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 72 65 76 69 6F 75 73 51 75 65 73 74 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01110010 01100101 01110110 01101001 01101111 01110101 01110011 00100000 01010001 01110101 01100101 01110011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#114 &#101 &#118 &#105 &#111 &#117 &#115 &#32 &#81 &#117 &#101 &#115 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0072 0065 0076 0069 006F 0075 0073 0051 0075 0065 0073 0074 0069 006F 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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