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Previous question

noun

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

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... God for that," exclaimed the visitor, with a will. She considered for a moment, and then reverted to the previous question. "So you did not know that my vivid young friend's ...

— My Friend Prospero • Henry Harland

... came on yesterday, and was lost, on the previous question, by 221 to 169. This division very far exceeded my expectations, and, indeed, I believe those of most people, considering the popular nature of the question, and the many personal considerations which induced people to ...

— Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third - From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 (of 2) • The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

... to the previous question,—said I,—if our friend the Member of the House of Representatives will allow me to borrow the phrase. Womanly women are very kindly critics, except to themselves and now and then to their own sex. The less there is of sex about a woman, the more she is to ...

— The Poet at the Breakfast Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

... to be a reply to his previous question, and my excited manner confirmed him in the belief that a woman had actually ...

— The Quadroon - Adventures in the Far West • Mayne Reid

... of discussion the member in charge of the bill will generally move the previous question in order to cut short the debate and bring the House to a direct vote ...

— Problems in American Democracy • Thames Ross Williamson