CLOTURE

closure, cloture, gag rule, gag law

(noun) a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

closure, cloture

(verb) terminate debate by calling for a vote; “debate was closured”; “cloture the discussion”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

cloture (countable and uncountable, plural clotures)

(law, politics, chiefly, US) In legislative assemblies that permit unlimited debate (that is, a filibuster): a motion, procedure or rule by which debate is ended so that a vote may be taken on the matter. For example, in the United States Senate, a three-fifths majority vote of the body is required to invoke cloture and terminate debate.

Synonyms

• closure

Verb

cloture (third-person singular simple present clotures, present participle cloturing, simple past and past participle clotured)

To end legislative debate by this means.

Anagrams

• Coulter, clouter, coulter, lectour

Source: Wiktionary

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Clô`ture", n. Etym: [F.] (Parliamentary Practice)

Definition: See Closure, 5.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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