A motion is considered ______ __ ___ ______ if it is made while the motion it is adhering to is pending.

A motion is considered ______ __ ___ ______ if it is made while the motion it is adhering to is pending.

• A. Fixed motion
• B. Secondary motion
• C. Interposed motion
• D. Adhering to the motion

Answer: (D)

When a proposal is tied to a motion that has already been made and is still under consideration, that proposal is described as adhering to the motion. It isn’t treated as a separate issue; it travels with the main motion and is decided as part of the same question. A common example is an amendment to a pending main motion—the amendment adheres to that motion, and its fate is linked to the main motion (if the main motion is withdrawn or defeated, the adherent amendment often dies as well). This is why the best description is that the motion is adhering to the main motion. Other terms don’t capture this specific relationship as precisely.

When a proposal is tied to a motion that has already been made and is still under consideration, that proposal is described as adhering to the motion. It isn’t treated as a separate issue; it travels with the main motion and is decided as part of the same question. A common example is an amendment to a pending main motion—the amendment adheres to that motion, and its fate is linked to the main motion (if the main motion is withdrawn or defeated, the adherent amendment often dies as well). This is why the best description is that the motion is adhering to the main motion. Other terms don’t capture this specific relationship as precisely.