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Definition of Clôture
1. Verb. Terminate debate by calling for a vote. "Cloture the discussion"
2. Noun. A rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body.
Generic synonyms: Order, Parliamentary Law, Parliamentary Procedure, Rules Of Order
Specialized synonyms: Closure By Compartment, Guillotine
Derivative terms: Closure
Definition of Clôture
1. Noun. (legal) 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 vote of the body is required to invoke cloture and terminate debate. ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of cloture) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clôture
1. to end a debate by calling for a vote [v -TURED, -TURING, -TURES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clôture
Literary usage of Clôture
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1882)
"CLOTURE. IF the political situation was not very satisfactory at the commencement
of the year, it can scarcely be said to have improved during the past ..."
2. The Law Review and Quarterly Journal of British and Foreign Jurisprudence by William S. Hein & Company (1848)
"THE CLOTURE REMEDY. WE have very often had our attention directed to the state
of the business in Parliament towards the close of each succeeding session. ..."
3. Recent Events and a Clue to Their Solution by Robert Montagu, Lord Robert Montagu (1886)
"... very numerously signed by Liberal members of Parliament, praying for the
adoption of a two-thirds majority for the imposition of the cloture, ..."
4. Stray Shots: Political, Military, Economical, and Social by Edward Robert Sullivan (1884)
"... the Land Act, the Bradlaugh case, the Cloture, the vote of censure on the
House of Lords, would give a startling contradiction to many votes. ..."
5. Summary of the Rules and Procedure of Foreign Parliaments by Reginald Dickinson (1882)
"The rule that the first member who demands permission to speak against the cloture
shall be allowed to speak, is considered so important that even a member ..."
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