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gag law
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gag law has 2 senses
- gag law(n = noun.communication) closure, cloture, gag rule - a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body; Array is a kind of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order
- gag law(n = noun.communication) Array - any law that limits freedom of the press; Array is a kind of law
has particulars: closure by compartment, guillotine
CIDE DICTIONARY
gag law,
A law or ruling prohibiting proper or free debate, as in closure. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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