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GAG LAW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any law that limits freedom of the press
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("gag law" is a kind of...):
law (legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
Synonyms:
closure; cloture; gag law; gag rule
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("gag law" is a kind of...):
order; parliamentary law; parliamentary procedure; rules of order (a body of rules followed by an assembly)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gag law"):
closure by compartment; guillotine (closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill)
