Adjournment
11adjournment — The suspension of business or sessions, either for a fixed time, indefinitely, or until the opening of another term. As used in constitutional provision that a bill shall become a law if not returned by the executive within a specified time… …
12adjournment — noun if not now signed into law, the legislation will die with the adjournment of this Congress Syn: suspension, discontinuation, interruption, postponement, deferment, deferral, stay, prorogation; break, pause, recess …
13adjournment — A putting off or postponing of business or of a session until another time or place. The act of a court, legislative body, public meeting, or officer, by which the session or assembly is dissolved, either temporarily or finally, and the business… …
14adjournment — A putting off or postponing of business or of a session until another time or place. The act of a court, legislative body, public meeting, or officer, by which the session or assembly is dissolved, either temporarily or finally, and the business… …
15adjournment — adjourn ► VERB 1) break off (a meeting) with the intention of resuming it later. 2) postpone (a resolution or sentence). DERIVATIVES adjournment noun. ORIGIN Old French ajorner, from a jorn nome to an appointed day …
16adjournment — n. adjourning or being adjourned. Phrases and idioms: adjournment debate a debate in the House of Commons on the motion that the House be adjourned, used as an opportunity for raising various matters …
17Adjournment sine die — (from the Latin, without day ) occurs when an organized body s existence terminates.It is often used with regard to legislative bodies whose terms or mandates are coming to an end, as in The One Hundred Third General Assembly of the State of… …
18adjournment debate — noun A brief parliamentary debate, immediately before the adjournment of the House, allowing members to raise issues which would otherwise not be discussed • • • Main Entry: ↑adjourn …
19adjournment sine die — >> sine die. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …
20adjournment of a cause — index continuance Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
