Filibuster

FILIBUSTER (Lat. fi­lare, to spin yarns + Lat. bus­to, to­ward the grave), at­tempt­ed legi­cide by means of an in­fi­nite regress of par­lia­men­tary pro­cess, such as by dila­to­ry mo­tions or oth­er in­ver­sions of pro­ce­du­ral law.

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