Standing rule
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A standing rule is a rule that relates to the details of the administration of a society and which can be adopted or changed the same way as any other act
of the deliberative assembly
. Standing rules can be suspended by a majority vote
for the duration of the session, but not for longer.
Act (document)
An act is an instrument that records a fact or something that has been said, done, or agreed. Acts generally take the form of legal instruments of writing that have probative value and executory force...
of the deliberative assembly
Deliberative assembly
A deliberative assembly is an organization comprising members who use parliamentary procedure to make decisions. In a speech to the electorate at Bristol in 1774, Edmund Burke described the English Parliament as a "deliberative assembly," and the expression became the basic term for a body of...
. Standing rules can be suspended by a majority vote
Majoritarianism
Majoritarianism is a traditional political philosophy or agenda which asserts that a majority of the population is entitled to a certain degree of primacy in society, and has the right to make decisions that affect the society...
for the duration of the session, but not for longer.