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Definition of Privilege of the floor
1. Noun. The right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Privilege Of The Floor
Literary usage of Privilege of the floor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, the Rules of the House of Representatives by United States Congress. House, Thomas Jefferson, United States (1904)
"The persons having the privilege of the floor of the House during its sessions.
... The rule relating to admission to the privilege of the floor applies to ..."
2. History of Woman Suffrage by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage (1886)
"... he wanted to know by what authority persons not entitled to the privilege of
the floor had been admitted. He insisted on his prerogative as a member, ..."
3. Minutes of Votes and Proceedings of the General Assembly of the State of New by New Jersey Legislature. General Assembly (1920)
"Resolution—By Mr. Cross—That the privilege of the floor be accorded to Captain
Thomas F. Connelly, in charge of the Detachment Bureau of Division of Police ..."
4. Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918 by Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (1920)
"Mr. BUTTRICK of Lancaster: In relation to the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor
having the privilege of the floor, I desire to call the attention of the ..."
5. Constitution of the United States, Jefferson's Manual, the Rules of the by United States Congress. House, Asher C. Hinds (1905)
"The persons having the privilege of the floor of the House during its sessions.
... The rule relating to admission to the privilege of the floor applies to ..."
6. American Politics (non-partisan) from the Beginning to Date: Embodying a by Thomas Valentine Cooper (1892)
"I trust that those at least who are enjoying the privilege of the floor of the
Senate Chamber will be prohibited from cheering. Mr. MAHONE rose. ..."
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