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  • 11Gag order — Gagging Order redirects here. For the song by Radiohead, see COM LAG (2plus2isfive). Part of a series on Censorship …

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  • 12gag law — noun 1. a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body • Syn: ↑closure, ↑cloture, ↑gag rule • Derivationally related forms: ↑cloture (for: ↑cloture), ↑closure …

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  • 14The Operative: No One Lives Forever — For the similarly titled James Bond novel, see Nobody Lives for Ever. The Operative: No One Lives Forever The game s box art displays protagonist Cate Archer …

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  • 16gag — I UK [ɡæɡ] / US verb Word forms gag : present tense I/you/we/they gag he/she/it gags present participle gagging past tense gagged past participle gagged 1) [transitive] to tie a piece of cloth over someone s mouth so that they cannot speak or… …

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  • 17gag order — noun a court order restricting information or comment by the participants involved in a lawsuit imposing a gag order on members of the press violates the First Amendment • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑court order * * * noun, pl ⋯… …

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  • 18gag — gag1 [ gæg ] verb 1. ) intransitive to be unable to swallow because you feel as if you are going to VOMIT (=bring food back up from your stomach): Frank gagged on his seafood. 2. ) transitive to tie a piece of cloth over someone s mouth so that… …

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  • 19gag law — 1. any law restricting freedom of the press, free speech, or the right of petition. 2. See gag rule. [1790 1800, Amer.] * * * …

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  • 20gag order — An unruly defendant at trial may constitutionally be bound and gagged to prevent further interruptions in the trial. Illinois v. Allen, 397 U.S. 337, 90 S.Ct. 1057, 25 L.Ed.2d 353. Term may also refer to an order by the court, in a trial with a… …

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