English noun: parliamentary law | |||
| 1. | parliamentary law (communication) a body of rules followed by an assembly | ||
| Synonyms | order, parliamentary procedure, rules of order | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | prescript, rule | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | closure, cloture, gag law, gag rule, interpellation, point of order, previous question, standing order | ||
| Instance hyponym | Robert's Rules of Order | ||
| Domain category members | mover, proposer | ||