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GAG RULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gag rule mean? 

GAG RULE (noun)
  The noun GAG RULE has 1 sense:

1. a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative bodyplay

  Familiarity information: GAG RULE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GAG RULE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

closure; cloture; gag law; gag rule

Hypernyms ("gag rule" is a kind of...):

order; parliamentary law; parliamentary procedure; rules of order (a body of rules followed by an assembly)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gag rule"):

closure by compartment; guillotine (closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill)


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