| A | B |
|---|
| Adjourn | Close the Meeting |
| Adopt | Accept/Agree |
| Agenda | Order of Business |
| Amend | Modify wording or meaning |
| Appeal | Members question chair's ruling |
| Aye | Affirmative voice vote |
| Board | Adminstrative body |
| Bylaws | Basic rules of a society |
| Commit or Refer | Send to a committee |
| Convention | Assembly of delegates |
| Debate | Discussion of merits of pending question |
| Executive Session | Proceedings are secret |
| Incidental motions | Deal with questions of procedure |
| Lay on the Table | Set main motion aside temporarily |
| Main Motion | Introduces business to the assembly |
| Majority Vote | More than half of votes cast |
| Mass Meeting | Unorganized Group |
| Meeting | Single official gathering |
| Minutes | Written record of the proceedings |
| Motion | Formal Proposal to take action |
| Point of Information | Inquiry as to facts |
| Point of Order | Call for enforcement of rules |
| Postpone Definetly | Postpone to a Certain Time |
| Postpone Indeinfetly | Dispose of the question without a direct vote |
| Precedence | Rank |
| Pro tem | Temporary |
| Quorum | Members required to transact business |
| Ratify | Make valid action already taken |
| Recess | Short intermission |
| Regular Meeting | Periodic business meeting |
| Rescind | Repeal |
| Previous Question | Close Debate |
| Second | Agreement that motion be considered |
| Secretary | Recording officer of an assembly |
| State the question | Place the motion before the assembly |
| Standing committee | Constituted to perform a continuing function |
| Take from the table | Resume consideration of a main motion |
| "The Chair" | Person presiding |
| Unanimous consent | No Opposition |
| Viva Voce | Voice Vote |
