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clotured
Variant of cloture
cloture
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clo·ture (klō′c̸hər)
noun
the parliamentary procedure by which debate is closed and the measure under discussion put to an immediate vote
Etymology: Fr clôture < OFr closture < ML clostura (altered after L claustrum: see cloister
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