He cannot reflect upon any act of the assembly, unless he intends to conclude his remarks with a motion to rescind such action, or else while debating such motion.
But these Standing Rules, as they are termed, do not interfere with future sessions, because at any moment a majority can suspend or rescind them, or adopt new ones.
Even in the worst times, this power of Parliament to repeal and rescind charters has not often been exercised.
It only holds that there is nothing in the rules which gives them application pending proceedings to amend and rescind them.
Frequent efforts to rescind or suspend the clause restricting slavery were made, especially after Indiana Territory was formed in 1800.
Great stress was laid upon the right to rescind the original Ordinance of 1788 ratifying the Constitution of the United States, and the Union of the States was denominated only a "compact.
This clause of the rule, if applicable at all, may fairly be construed to make it in order under the standing rules of the House to consider any motion to rescind or change the rules after one day's notice.
On November 11, after the union officials had agreed to rescind the strike order, the Philadelphia Public Ledger expressed an opinion widely held when it said: The truth of the matter is that we all "got it wrong" on this coal situation.
But, though the government rapidly decided to rescind the decision of its commissioners, it had not the strength to settle the matter once for all by taking Phrygia for itself.
The Mayor promptly required Chief Devery to rescind the obnoxious order, which was as promptly done.
Another debate was held on the proposal to rescind the vote; the city authorities waked up to protest; the Governor refused to sign the bill.
Mr. Hume was sorry to find the government had taken up the subject so seriously, and advised them to rescind the proclamation.
Two propositions were enforced by his lordship on the house for the alleviation of the distress: namely, to rescind the duties on articles which had decreased in various districts, as tea &c.
Bernard, the governor of Massachusets, was instructed to require the house of representatives to rescind the resolution which gave birth to the letter, and to declare the king's disapprobation of it.
He concluded by moving an amendment to this effect, "That an address be presented to her majesty to rescind the order in council for constituting the proposed board of privy-council.
Application having been made to rescind the order of the court made on Saturday, prohibiting the proceedings at the trial to be published in the newspapers until the trial had been concluded, the court refused to accede to the request.
Perhaps, sir, I ought to say that there is a fourth course; because it is possible for the house of commons to adopt one of those courses indicated by the right honourable gentleman, and then having voted for it, to rescind it.
If this failed, I would try the citizens, and advise them to meet and rescind their illegal resolves of last summer, and agree to confirm to the laws in every particular, in respect to the Mormons.
Now when the tribunes endeavored to abolish the levies and rescind the vote for the proposed campaigns, Pompey, for his part, showed no anger.
Thereupon, amazed at the coincidence between the verses and the events of the time, they were persuaded by Gaius Cato the tribune to rescind all their decisions in the case.
A shareholder claiming to rescind must do so promptly.
When a person takes shares from a company on the faith of a prospectus containing any false or fraudulent representations of fact material to the contract, he is entitled to rescind the contract.
We could as well rescind those letters as the resolves; and both would be equally fruitless, if by rescinding, as the word properly imports, is meant a repeal and nullifying of the resolution referred to.
Bernard then think that his lordship, to whom in one instance at least, he had surrendered the power of the governor of the province, could by another order rescind that effectual Right of the Charter?
Simply to inform the Senate that we cannot rescind a resolution adopted in consequence of the report of a joint committee.
The subject was still open to discussion, but there was little probability that the House would rescind their adoption of the report.
The determination not to rescind the principles stated in the Samuel Adams letter of January was unanimous.
By drawing a distinction between the king and his ministers, he opened the way to arraign the latter for their "wickedness" in sending an "impudent mandate" to one assembly to rescind the lawful resolution of another.
We should say here that, while in Boston, Whitman induced the officers of the American Board to rescind their action abolishing certain of the mission stations in Oregon.
Marcus Whitman was granted leave of absence to visit the East and persuade the officers of the Board to rescind their action.
You give France a right to enter your waters, said he, and take away any inducement she might have had to rescind her decrees.
We have in vain waited for such evidence of their repeal as would have induced Great Britain to rescind her Orders in Council--the great cause of the war.
It has not compelled France or England to do us justice, or to rescind their unlawful edicts and decrees, issued against neutral commerce.
The proposition of the imperial commissioners to rescind the conclusions of the diet of A.
The pope was then compelled to rescind the synodal decrees and formally to grant to the king the right of investiture; he had also, after solemnly promising never again to put the emperor under ban, to proceed with the coronation.
After two or three years they are free to rescind the contract; after ten or twelve they may leave their husbands with a stipulated pension.
Otis carried the House triumphantly with him, and it refused torescind by a vote of ninety-two to seventeen.
Let Great Britain rescind her measures, or the colonies are lost to her forever.
When the king, who was greatly offended at the Circular Letter to the colonies, which requested them to unite in measures for redress demanded of Bernard to dismiss the Assembly unless it should rescind its action, Otis made a flaming speech.
In May of 1768, Bernard sent to the assembly a requisition that that body should rescind the resolution which they had passed for sending a circular letter to the other colonies.
Hindman had declared Martial Law in Arkansas, and adopted oppressive police regulations under it, you should rescind the declarations of Martial Law, and the Regulations adopted to carry it into effect.
Perhaps he secretly commended the noble principles which could prevail on a young woman to reject a dishonoured lover, and deem infamy a sufficient plea to rescind the bond of a plighted attachment.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rescind" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
