The ayes have it and the motion is adopted. The affirmative has it and the motion is adopted. The negative has it and the motion is lost. Many specific motions such as amend, recess, and adjourn, have become defined under parliamentary law. For convenience and description, these various motions may be classified into five broad categories.
Subsidiary motions fall into the order of precedence.
Like subsidiary motions, the privileged motions fit into an order of precedence. They have no order of precedence among themselves. Instead, they arise incidentally and are decided as they arise. They do not fit within the order of precedence and can only be made while no business is pending. Not every motion is in order at any given time.