Cloture

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cloture \Cl[^o]`ture"\, n. [F.] (Parliamentary Practice)
     See {Closure}, 5.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  cloture
       n : a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
           [syn: {closure}, {gag rule}, {gag law}]
       v : terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was
           closured"; "cloture the discussion" [syn: {closure}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "cloture":
     cloture by compartment, committee consideration, debate,
     deliberation, division, filibuster, filibustering, filing,
     first reading, guillotine, introduction, kangaroo cloture,
     logrolling, roll call, second reading, steamroller methods,
     tabling, talkathon, third reading, vote