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CLASSIFICATION OF MOTIONS.
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one another except in the following cases: (a) the Previous Question applies to the motions to Postpone, without affecting the principal motion, and can, if specified, be applied to a pending amendment [§ 20]; (b) the motions to Postpone to a certain day, and to Commit, can be amended; and (c) a motion to Amend the minutes can be laid on the table without carrying the minutes with it [§19].

8. Incidental Questions are such as arise out of other questions, and, consequently, take precedence of, and are to be decided before, the questions which give rise to them. They yield to Privileged Questions [§ 9], and cannot be amended. Excepting an Appeal, they are undebatable; an Appeal is debatable or not, according to circumstances, as shown in § 14. They are as follows:


Appeal (or Questions of Order) See § 14
Objection to the Consideration of a Question See § 15
The Reading of Papers See § 16
Leave to Withdraw a Motion See § 17
Suspension of the Rules See § 18

9. Privileged Questions are such as, on account of their importance, take precedence of all other questions whatever, and on account