Definition of Adjournment. Meaning of Adjournment. Synonyms of Adjournment

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Definition of Adjournment

Adjournment
Adjournment Ad*journ"ment (-ment), n. [Cf. f. adjournement, OF. ajornement. See Adjourn.] 1. The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day. 2. The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.

Meaning of Adjournment from wikipedia

- In parliamentary procedure, an adjournment ends a meeting. It could be done using a motion to adjourn. A time for another meeting could be set using the...
- rules provide for this. Otherwise the adjournment effectively dissolves the ****embly. A court may also adjourn a matter sine die, which means that the...
- In the Westminster system, an adjournment debate is a debate on the motion, "That this House do now adjourn." In practice, this is a way of enabling the...
- allowing for adjournment usually fall into either of two categories: 21⁄2 hours per player for the first forty moves, followed by adjournment (a five-hour...
- In criminal procedure, an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal (ACD or ACOD) allows a court to defer the disposition of a defendant's case, with...
- An Act of Adjournal is secondary legislation made by the High Court of Justiciary, the supreme criminal court of Scotland, to regulate the proceedings...
- resolution authorizing the conditional adjournment. Recess (motion) "United States Senate Glossary - conditional adjournment". United States Senate. Retrieved...
- A Motion to Adjourn is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Roy Clements and starring Harry L. Rattenberry, Roy Stewart and Marjorie Daw. The...
- which ****embled at White Plains on July 10, 1776, and after repeated adjournments and changes of location, finished its work at Kingston on Sunday evening...
- down. See Adjournment (games) § Chess. Formerly common, adjournments are no longer standard practice in chess competition. When an adjournment is made,...