(a) U.S. (See quot. 1883.) (b) A method of shortening the discussion on a bill in parliament, by fixing a day when the Committee stage must close.
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| 释义 | society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > forms of closure (6) guillotine1850 (a) U.S. (See quot. 1883.) (b) A method of shortening the discussion on a bill in parliament, by fixing a day when the Committee stage must close. block closure1901 the legislative closure of the clauses of a measure in a block or in blocks. kangaroo1913 figurative. Applied to a form of Parliamentary closure by which some amendments are selected for discussion and others excluded. kangaroo closure1930 (see 3g). Subcategories:— guillotine motion (2) |
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