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Noun: gag law  gag lo
  1. (law) any law that limits freedom of the press
    "Journalists protested against the proposed gag law"
     
  2. A rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
    "The senate imposed a gag law to force a vote";
    - closure, cloture [N. Amer], gag rule

Derived forms: gag laws

Type of: law, order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order

Encyclopedia: Gag law