HyperDic: gag_rule

English > 1 sense of the expression *gag rule*:
NOUN	communication	gag rule, closure, cloture, gag law	a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

English > *gag rule*: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning	A rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body.
Synonyms	closure, cloture, gag law
Narrower	closure by compartment, guillotine	closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
Broader	order, rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure	A body of rules followed by an assembly
Spanish	clausura