clo·ture
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Audio Help [kloh-cher] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -tured, -tur·ing. U.S. Parliamentary Procedure –noun
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
| 1. | a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question. |
| 2. | to close (a debate) by cloture. |
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cloture
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n. A parliamentary procedure by which debate is ended and an immediate vote is taken on the matter under discussion. Also called closure. tr.v. clo·tured, clo·tur·ing, clo·tures To apply cloture to (a parliamentary debate). [French clôture, from Old French closture, probably alteration of closure, closure; see closure.] |
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cloture
1871, the Fr. word for "the action of closing," applied to debates in the Fr. Assembly, from Fr. clôture, from O.Fr. closture, from L. claustura.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| cloture | |
noun | |
| 1. | a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body [syn: closure] |
verb | |
| 1. | terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion" [syn: closure] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
cloture [(kloh-chuhr)]
A vote of a legislature used to stop debate on an issue and put the issue to a vote. (See filibuster.)
[Chapter:] American Politics
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Cloture
Cl[^o]`ture"\, n. [F.] (Parliamentary Practice) See Closure, 5.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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