Cutting off a debate

• Debate ending
• Filibuster stopper
• Debate-limiting method
• A rule for ending debate in a deliberative body
• Parliamentary procedure
• Close of legislature

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1871, the French word for "closure, the action of closing," applied to debates in the French Assembly ("action of closing (debate) by will of a majority"), then to the House of Commons and U.S. Congress, from French clôture , from Old French closture (see ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cloture \Cl[^o]`ture"\, n. [F.] (Parliamentary Practice) See Closure , 5.

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 ]