Definitions for "Five-Minute Rule"
Keywords:  usga, debate, minutes, lost, amendment
Rule which allows any House member to propose an amendment and debate it for five minutes. Opponents and supporters of the amendment have five minutes to debate it.
A debate-limiting rule of the House. Under the rule, a member offering an amendment is allowed to speak five minutes in its favor, and an opponent of the amendments is allowed to speak five minutes in opposition. Debate is then closed.
The amount of time (five minutes) that the USGA allows a player to look for her ball. A ball not found after five minutes of searching is considered to be lost, although to keep up the pace, golfers should spend only two to three minutes searching.
Keywords:  hearing