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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as closure, 5.
  • To apply the cloture to: as, to cloture a bill in Parliament. Also spelled clôture.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Parliamentary Practice) See closure, 5.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Alternative spelling of cloture.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb terminate debate by calling for a vote
  • noun a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

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