Definitions from Wiktionary (cloture)
▸ noun: (law, politics, chiefly US) In legislative assemblies that permit unlimited debate (that is, a filibuster): a motion, procedure or rule by which debate is ended so that a vote may be taken on the matter. For example, in the United States Senate, a three-fifths majority vote of the body is required to invoke cloture and terminate debate.
▸ verb: To end legislative debate by this means.
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▸ noun: (law, politics, chiefly US) In legislative assemblies that permit unlimited debate (that is, a filibuster): a motion, procedure or rule by which debate is ended so that a vote may be taken on the matter. For example, in the United States Senate, a three-fifths majority vote of the body is required to invoke cloture and terminate debate.
▸ verb: To end legislative debate by this means.
Similar:
gag rule,
closure,
lege,
liberum veto,
floor,
placitum,
sunset clause,
call,
quare clausum fregit,
plebiscite,
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