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Definition of Gag rule
1. 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, Cloture
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gag Rule
Literary usage of Gag rule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Joshua R. Giddings by George Washington Julian (1892)
"Repeal of the Gag- rule.— Insolence of Southern Members. — General Jessup as a
Slave-trader. — Mr. Calhoun's New Argument for Annexation. ..."
2. Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One by Richard Miller Devens (1876)
"... Single-Handed, in its Defense, in the House of Representatives.—Passage of
the " gag rule."—Expulsion and Assassination Threatened. ..."
3. American Progress: Or, The Great Events of the Greatest Century, Including by Richard Miller Devens (1892)
"... Single-Handed. in its Defense, in the House of Representatives.—Passage of
the " gag rule."—Expulsion and Assassination Threatened. ..."
4. The Constitutional and Political History of the United States by Hermann Von Holst, John Joseph Lalor, Ira Hutchinson Brainerd (1881)
"In March, 1844, Clingman, of North Carolina, was able to refute the allegation
that he and the southern whigs, who, like him, condemned the gag-rule, ..."
5. Address of John Quincy Adams, to His Constituents of the Twelfth by John Quincy Adams (1842)
"This is the management by which the gag-rule of the 26th Congress has been fastened
to the ... I or some other member will move to rescind the gag-rule. ..."
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