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cloture [French clture, literally, closure] : the closing or limitation of debate in a legislative body esp. by calling for a vote cloture vt ...
Cloture
Cloture. The procedure in deliberative assemblies whereby debate is closed. Introduced in the English Parliament in the session of 1882, and now anglicized into 'Closure.'...
Closure
Closure. See CLOTURE. Means the permanent closing down of a place of employment or part thereof. [The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), s. 2 (cc)]Closure, in the House of Commons a member may rise in his place and move 'That the question be now put'. That question must be put forthwith, without amendment or debate, unless it appears to the chair that the motion is an abuse of the Rules of the House or an infringement of the rights of minority, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 407.Means closing, closed condition, Concise Oxford Dictionary, H.W. Fowler & F.G. Fowler, p. 226.In Indian Parliament in order to bring a debate to a close, a member may rise and move 'That the question be now put'. The acceptance of a closure motion lies within the sole discretion of the Speaker. Before he accepts it, he considers whether the question before the House has received adequate debate or not, whether or not the views of opposition have been adequately expressed befor...
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