| special 73 |
| of precedence of motions 5 |
| Organization of an occasional or mass meeting 275 |
| of a semi-permanent mass meeting 283 |
| of a permanent society 284 |
| of a convention or assembly of delegates 292, 296 |
| Papers and Documents, reading of 101 |
| in custody of secretary 245 |
| Parliamentary Inquiry 98 |
| Parliamentary Law, its origin, etc 15 |
| Pending question, meaning of 23 |
| immediately pending question, meaning of 23 |
| Plan for Study of Parliamentary Law 305 |
| Plan of the Manual 20 |
| Plurality Vote defined 24 |
| Postpone to a certain time 121 |
| indefinitely 152 |
| Preamble, form of 35 |
| considered after the resolution 94 |
| Precedence of motions, order of 5 |
| meaning of 21 |
| President or Presiding Officer (see Chairman) 236 |
| Previous Question 111 |
| Principal, or Main, Motion or Question 51 |
| Priority of Business, questions relating to 187 |
| Privilege, questions of 66 |
| Privileged Motions or Questions 57 |
| Program of a meeting (same as Orders of the Day) 74 |
| Proxy Voting 200 |
| Putting the question, form of 40 |
| Questions (see Forms, Motions, Privilege, Privileged, Order, Stating, and Putting) |
| Quorum 257 |
| when there is no rule, consists of a majority 258 |
| committees and boards cannot decide upon 259 |
| in Congress and Parliament 261 |
| Reading of Papers 101 |
| Reception of a Report (see Committees) 220 |
| Recess, to take a 64 |
| Recommit (see Commit) 125, 130 |
| Reconsider 156 |
| motions that cannot be reconsidered 158 |
| Reconsider and have entered on the minutes 165 |