If the substitute is voted down, the motion comes automatically before the Court. If a motion contains two or more parts which involve separate principles or statements of fact, a division of the question may be called for and must be granted. Each part shall be considered and voted on as an independent motion. To lay on the table. The object is to postpone action until a later time.
Discussion is limited to the propriety of postponing.
It can be amended as to time. It requires a two-thirds vote. The item can be taken up again in the same session by a majority vote. The object is to kill the motion without bringing it to a vote. It is debatable and requires a two-thirds vote.