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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body;
[syn: closure, cloture, gag rule, gag law]

2. any law that limits freedom of the press;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gag law \Gag law\ (Parliamentary Law) A law or ruling prohibiting proper or free debate, as in closure. [Colloq. or Cant] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gag law n 1: a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body [syn: closure, cloture, gag rule, gag law] 2: any law that limits freedom of the press