kangaroo closure

British

noun

parliamentary procedure a form of closure in which the chairman or speaker selects certain amendments for discussion and excludes others Compare guillotine

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kangaroo closure

The burden of responsibility thus thrown on the Chair is felt to be enormous, and it is chiefly on this account that the kangaroo closure has been very sparingly exercised.

From The New Irish Constitution by J. H. Morgan

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