Robert's Rules of Order

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Noun1.Robert's Rules of Order - a book of rules for presiding over a meeting; written by Henry M. Martin in 1876 and subsequently updated through many editions
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The village argued that Wilson's "personal attacks" violated Roberts Rules of Order, which were adopted to govern meetings.
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Roberts Rules of Order also prohibits use of proxies stating that lack of participation in meetings is nontransferable The Arizona Legislature does not permit the use of proxies for the same reasons described above.
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It appears that once the city committee realized that they weren't going to be able to deny incumbent Councilman Sam Fruscione the party endorsement, Laible, who was first vice chair, invoked Roberts Rules of Order and seized upon the fact that she was next in line of succession to D'Aloise.
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He made sure we stayed within Roberts Rules and still kept the work of the group moving forward.
Reflections from 2012 ANA delegates
* Adds Article VII, Section 7.4 requiring Roberts Rules of Order to govern conduct of council meetings.
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"I want to have some idea of what I'll look like before I start cleaning the slates - I want my kids to know when I'm annoyed, when I'm happy, and when I'm confounded," Actress Julia Roberts rules out Botox.
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Roberts Rules of Order/Newly Revised (Current Edition) shall be the parliamentary authority.
2009 ADAA conference rules

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