The rule provides that any member may claim to move that the question pending be now put, "and unless it shall appear to the chair that such motion is an abuse of the rules of the House, or an infringement of the rights of the minority," it shall be put forthwith.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
I refer you to your mother for proofs in her possession-proofs which I gave her, and which must convince you that our marriage was a perfectly regular and legal transaction, and that you are, therefore, my lawful wife, and I exhort you to be wise, prudent and faithful to your marriage bonds; for, be assured, I am not one who will brook offense, but who will follow with swift, sharp vengeance the slightest infringement of my rights.
"Her Mother's Secret"
Emma D. E. N. Southworth
Her offense was spoken of as sedition, or as an infringement of the "Defense of the Realm" act.
"The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army"
Margaret Vandercook