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Definition of Prorogue

Prorogue
Prorogue Pro*rogue", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prorogued; p. pr. & vb. n. Proroguing.] [F. proroger, L. prorogare, prorogatum; pro forward + rogare to ask, to ask one for his opinion or vote, or about a law. See Rogation.] 1. To protract; to prolong; to extend. [Obs.] He prorogued his government. --Dryden. 2. To defer; to delay; to postpone; as, to proroguedeath; to prorogue a marriage. --Shak. 3. To end the session of a parliament by an order of the sovereign, thus deferring its business. Parliament was prorogued to [meet at] Westminster. --Bp. Hall. The Parliament was again prorogued to a distant day. --Macaulay. Syn: To adjourn; postpone; defer. See Adjourn.

Meaning of Prorogue from wikipedia

- Prorogation in the Westminster system of government is the action of proroguing, or interrupting, a parliament, or the discontinuance of meetings for a...
- Parliament is prorogued by commissioners acting in the sovereign's name. Parliament is always prorogued to a definite day. Parliament, while prorogued, can be...
- session on days in which parliament is not meeting. While a parliament is prorogued, between two legislative sessions, the legislature is still constituted –...
- give a proconsular dignity. After the Sullan era, all magistrates were prorogued pro consule. Badian, Ernst; Lintott, Andrew (2016). "pro consule, pro...
- office – that is, private citizens (privati) – were given imperium and prorogued, as justified by perceived military emergencies. In the late republic...
- constitutional law cases on the limits of the power of royal prerogative to prorogue the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Argued before the Supreme Court of...
- parliaments. In the Canadian parliamentary system, the legislature is typically prorogued upon the completion of the agenda set forth in the Speech from the Throne...
- governor in his role as head of the legislature has full powers to summon and prorogue either house of legislature or to dissolve the Legislative ****embly....
- many who had joined a group on Facebook, known as the "Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament" (CAPP). At the 23 January rallies in Ottawa and Toronto, Liberal...
- of an emergency during the long summer recess, Parliament is no longer prorogued beforehand, but only after the Houses have reconvened in the autumn; the...