FILIBUSTER

filibuster (fil-<<schwa>>-b<<schwa>>s-t<<schwa>>r), n.1. A dilatory tactic, esp. prolonged

and often irrelevant speechmaking, employed in an attempt to obstruct legislative action. • The

filibuster is common in the U.S. Senate, where the right to debate is usu. unlimited and where a

filibuster can be terminated only by a cloture vote of two-thirds of all members. 2. In a

deliberative body, a member in the minority who resorts to obstructive tactics to prevent the

adoption of a measure or procedure that is favored by the majority. — Also termed filibusterer.

3.Hist. A person who, together with others, works to invade and revolutionize a foreign state in

disregard of international law. See CLOTURE. — filibuster,vb.[Blacks Law 8th]