Debate-ending procedure

• Parliamentary procedure
• Senatorial speed-up
• Debate-limiting method
• Debate ender
• Filibuster stopper
• Cutting off a debate

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body [syn: closure , gag rule , gag law ] v. terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion" [syn: closure ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
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 ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
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. ...