In political science confidence refers to a government's support in the legislature. If a motion of no confidence is passed in a legislature governments are forced to resign. Vote of confidence can be used by a government to prove that it has a support. Political science is an academic and research discipline that deals with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... A legislature is a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. ... A motion of no confidence, also called a motion of non-confidence, a censure motion, a no-confidence motion, or simply a confidence motion, is a parliamentary motion traditionally put before a parliament by the opposition in the hope of defeating or embarrassing a government. ... A Motion of Confidence is a motion of support proposed by a government in a parliament to give members of parliament a chance to register their confidence for a government by means of a parliamentary vote. ...