gag law

/gæg lɔ/
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Other forms: gag laws

Definitions of gag law
  1. noun
    any law that limits freedom of the press
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    type of:
    law
    legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
  2. noun
    a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
    synonyms: closure, cloture, gag rule
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    types:
    closure by compartment, guillotine
    closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
    type of:
    order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order
    a body of rules followed by an assembly
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