dilatory motion

Dilatory motions and tactics can also occur in judicial contexts, when one side uses them to slow down the trial.

In legislative bodies, dilatory motions can take the form of demanding quorum calls and votes at every opportunity.

The term "dilatory motion" does not always refer to an ill-intentioned motion.

A filibuster may entail, but does not actually require, long speeches, dilatory motions, and an extensive series of proposed amendments.

Dilatory Motions.

They offered dilatory motions, and when Republicans tried to table them, they demanded roll-call votes on the tabling motions.

In addition to objecting to routine requests, votes can be forced through dilatory motions to adjourn and through quorum calls.

No dilatory motion, or dilatory amendment, or amendment not germane shall be in order.

However, the Speaker of the House, Democrat Samuel J. Randall, refused to entertain dilatory motions.

The Rules of the U.S. Congress as revised in 1911 declare that no dilatory motion shall be entertained by the Speaker.

Speaker Thomas Brackett Reed famously took countermeasures against dilatory tactics, such as ruling dilatory motions out of order, and was sustained by the house.

"We know how to delay," remarked Minority Leader Gephardt Dilatory motions to adjourn, appeals of the presiding officer's ruling, or numerous requests for roll call votes are standard time-consuming parliamentary tactics.

Some legislatures impose quotas on dilatory motions; for instance, the Nova Scotia House of Assembly imposes a maximum of one motion to hoist, one motion to refer to a committee, and one reasoned amendment per reading.

During his tenure as State Representative, Switzler was described as an "outspoken" and "vociferous" critic of the House leadership and as "an unsufferable [sic] windbag" who continuously used dilatory motions and tactics to delay the legislative process.

Jeremy Bentham held that such types of dilatory motions are useful, noting, "Precipitation may arise from two causes: from ignorance, when a judgment is formed without the collection of all the information required-from passion, when there is not the necessary calm for considering the question in all its aspects."