Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Filibuster

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 unlimited. 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. - filibuster, ub. See CLOTURE.