Gag

Gag in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of gag.

Etimology of Gag

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something thrust into the mouth or throat to prevent speaking, 1550s, from gag (verb); figurative use, “violent or authoritative repression of speech,” is from 1620s. Gag-law in reference to curbs on freedom of the press is from 1798, American English. The gag-rule that blocked anti-slavery petitions in the U.S. House of Representatives was in force from 1836 to 1844.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Work
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• gag in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• gag in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis