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gag rule

DEFINITIONS OF: gag rule

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n a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

Synonyms:
closure, cloture, gag law
Types:
closure by compartment, guillotine
closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
Type of:
order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order
a body of rules followed by an assembly
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