cloture Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
    closure; gag rule; gag law.
  2. verb terminate debate by calling for a vote
    closure.
    • debate was closured
    • cloture the discussion

WordNet


Clô`ture" noun (Also<
  • Cloture
  • Clôture
)
Etymology
F.
Definitions
  1. (Parliamentary Practice) See Closure, 5.

Webster 1913