cloture

cloture
clo·ture /'klō-chər/ n [French clôture, literally, closure]: the closing or limitation of debate in a legislative body esp. by calling for a vote
cloture vt

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

cloture
I noun abandonment, abeyance, adjournal, adjournment, arrest, break, cease, cessation, check, closing, closure, desistance, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt, interruption, lapse, letup, lull, noncontinuance, prorogation, recess, standstill, stay, stop, stoppage, suspension, withdrawal II index cessation (interlude)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


cloture
n.
A vote by a legislature to end excessive debate on the matter at hand and vote on it. See also filibuster

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


cloture
The procedure by which debate is formally ended in a meeting or legislature so that a vote may be taken.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


cloture
The procedure by which debate is formally ended in a meeting or legislature so that a vote may be taken.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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  • cloture — [klō′chər] n. [Fr clôture < OFr closture < ML clostura (altered after L claustrum: see CLOISTER] the parliamentary procedure by which debate is closed and the measure under discussion put to an immediate vote vt. clotured, cloturing to… …   English World dictionary

  • Cloture — Cl[^o] ture , n. [F.] (Parliamentary Practice) See {Closure}, 5. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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