Page "Unanimous consent" Paragraph 0

In parliamentary procedure, unanimous consent, also known as general consent, or in the case of the parliaments under the Westminster system, leave of the house, is a situation in which no one present objects to a proposal.

The chair may state, for instance: " If there is no objection, the motion will be adopted.

Since there is no objection, the motion is adopted " or in Westminster parliaments, " There being no objection, leave is granted.

" On the most routine matters, such as inserting an article into the Congressional Record, the chair may shorten this statement to four words: " Without objection, so ordered " or even to two words: " Without objection.

" If no member objects the motion is adopted, but if any member does declare his opposition the motion is not adopted and cannot be agreed to without a vote.