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A rule for ending debate in a deliberative body
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cloture
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Cloture (US: ; British:), closure , or, informally, a guillotine is a motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing debate to a quick end. The cloture procedure originated in the French National Assembly , from which the name is taken. ...
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n. (context legal English) 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 ...
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Even the substitution of magnetic clotures for metal clasps had not proven successful.