HyperDic: gag_rule

English > 1 sense of the expression gag rule:
NOUNcommunicationgag rule, closure, cloture, gag lawa rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
English > gag rule: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body.
Synonymsclosure, cloture, gag law
Narrowerclosure by compartment, guillotineclosure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
Broaderorder, rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedureA body of rules followed by an assembly
Spanishclausura

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