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Noun: gag rule  gag rool
  1. A rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
    - closure, cloture [N. Amer], gag law

Derived forms: gag rules

Type of: order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order

Encyclopedia: Gag rule