Hoist (motion)
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A hoist motion
Motion (parliamentary procedure)
In parliamentary procedure, a motion is a formal proposal by a member of a deliberative assembly that the assembly take certain action. In a parliament, this is also called a parliamentary motion and includes legislative motions, budgetary motions, supplementary budgetary motions, and petitionary...

is used in Canadian legislative bodies to cause a bill not to be read now, but six months hence, or any number of months hence.
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