Definisjon av cloture

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Noun

cloture - a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
closure, gag rule, gag law
parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order, order the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"

Verb

cloture - terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion"
closure
end, terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
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Substantiv

cloture - In legislative assemblies that permit unlimited debate 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.

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  • Cloture is a motion or process aimed at bringing debate to a quick end. It is also called closure or, informally, a guillotine. The cloture procedure originated in the French National Assembly, from which the name is taken.

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  • cloture
    A motion or process aimed at bringing debate to a quick end in a parliamentary procedure.

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