cloture

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cloture

a method of closing a debate and forcing an immediate vote

Not to be confused with:

closer – a person or thing that closes: She was called in to be the closer of the deal.; nearer: She’s closer to understanding the situation.

closure – the act of closing; bringing to an end; something that closes: The arrest brought closure to the difficult case.

clo·ture

(klō′chər)

A parliamentary procedure by which debate is ended and an immediate vote is taken on the matter under discussion. Also called closure.

tr.v. clo·tured, clo·tur·ing, clo·tures

To apply cloture to (a parliamentary debate).

[French clôture, from Old French closture, probably alteration of closure, closure; see closure.]

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cloture

(ˈkləʊtʃə)

(Parliamentary Procedure) closure in the US Senate

(Parliamentary Procedure) (tr) to end (debate) in the US Senate by cloture

[C19: from French clôture, from Old French closure]

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clo•ture

(ˈkloʊ tʃər)

n., v. -tured, -tur•ing. n.

1. a closing of debate in a legislative body in order to bring the question to a vote.

v.t.

2. to close (a debate) by cloture.

[1870–75; < French clôture, Middle French closture < Vulgar Latin *clōstūra, alter. of Latin clōstra, claustra, pl. of claustrum barrier]

cloture

Past participle: clotured
Gerund: cloturing

Imperative
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Preterite
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Present Continuous
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Present Perfect
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Past Continuous
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Past Perfect
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Future
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Future Perfect
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Future Continuous
I will be cloturing
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been cloturing
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Future Perfect Continuous
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been cloturing
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we had been cloturing
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Conditional
I would cloture
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Past Conditional
I would have clotured
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Noun	1.	cloture - a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body gag law, gag rule, closure parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order, order - a body of rules followed by an assembly closure by compartment, guillotine - closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
Verb	1.	cloture - terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion" closure terminate, end - bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

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cloture

[ˈkləʊtʃəʳ]

A. N (US) (Pol) → clausura f

B. CPD cloture rule N → control del tiempo de intervención (en un debate)

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"It couldn't have gone on so long," Lady Muriel musingly remarked, "if the Opposition hadn't been practically silenced--put under what the French call la cloture. Surely in any lecture-hall, or in private society, such teaching would soon have been hooted down?"

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Then, once seated on the Right benches, we shall reach the peerage, shouting, 'Cloture!' 'Ordre!'"

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