Definition of closure

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Closure (v. t.) A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word cloture was originally applied to this proceeding.

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Unclosed :: Unclosed (a.) Not separated by inclosures; open.
Inclosure :: Inclosure (n.) That which incloses; a barrier or fence.
Purpresture :: Purpresture (n.) Wrongful encroachment upon another's property; esp., any encroachment upon, or inclosure of, that which should be common or public, as highways, rivers, harbors, forts, etc..
Soil :: Soil (v. t.) To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food; as, to soil a horse..
Rip :: Rip (v. t.) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up..
Larypgismus :: Larypgismus (n.) A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or closure of the opening..
Quadrangle :: Quadrangle (n.) A square or quadrangular space or inclosure, such a space or court surrounded by buildings, esp. such a court in a college or public school in England..
Bosom :: Bosom (n.) Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold.
Fence :: Fence (n.) An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within..
Aviary :: Aviary (n.) A house, inclosure, large cage, or other place, for keeping birds confined; a bird house..
Closure :: Closure (v. t.) That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.
Disclose :: Disclose (v. t.) To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover.
Correlate :: Correlate (v. t.) To put in relation with each other; to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomena..
Dispark :: Dispark (v. t.) To set at large; to release from inclosure.
Out :: Out (a.) Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out..
Secrecy :: Secrecy (n.) The quality of being secretive; fidelity to a secret; forbearance of disclosure or discovery.
Corral :: Corral (v. t.) To surround and inclose; to coop up; to put into an inclosed space; -- primarily used with reference to securing horses and cattle in an inclosure of wagons while traversing the plains, but in the Southwestern United States now colloquially applied to the capturing, securing, or penning of anything..
Dispark :: Dispark (v. t.) To throw (a park or inclosure); to treat (a private park) as a common.
Puddock :: Puddock (n.) A small inclosure.
Corral :: Corral (n.) A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for horses, cattle, etc..
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