GAG LAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gag law mean? 

• GAG LAW (noun)
  The noun GAG LAW has 2 senses:

1. a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

2. any law that limits freedom of the press

  Familiarity information: GAG LAW used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAG LAW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

closure; cloture; gag law; gag rule

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)

Sense 2

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)