first part.

Definitions.

In addition to the terms defined above (taking precedence of, yielding
to and applying to, see p. 14), there are other terms that are liable to
be misunderstood, to which attention should he called.

Meeting and Session.--In this Manual the term "meeting" is used to
denote an assembling together of the members of a deliberative assembly
for any length of time, during which there is no separation of the
members by adjournment. An adjournment to meet again at some other
time, even the same day, terminates the meeting, but not the session,
which latter includes all the adjourned meetings. The next meeting, in
this case, would be an "adjourned meeting" of the same session.

A "meeting" of an assembly is terminated by a

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temporary adjournment; a "session" of an assembly ends with an
adjournment without day, and may consist of many meetings [see Session,
§ 42].

Previous Question--This term is frequently understood to refer to the
question previously under consideration. As used in this country it is
equivalent to a motion to "Stop debate, and proceed to voting on all the
questions before the assembly," with certain exceptions, where it
affects only one motion (as to postpone, to reconsider and an appeal;
see § 20 for a full explanation).