adjournment of the House

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• adjournment 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 …   Useful english dictionary

• Adjournment 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… …   Wikipedia

• adjournment debate —    The half hour debate held at the end of each sitting day in Parliament, so named because it takes place on the motion to adjourn the house. Adjournment debates give backbench Members of Parliament the opportunity to initiate a debate on a… …   Glossary of UK Government and Politics

• The United States of America —     The United States of America     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The United States of America     BOUNDARIES AND AREA     On the east the boundary is formed by the St. Croix River and an arbitrary line to the St. John, and on the north by the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Adjournment debate — 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 House to have a debate on a subject without considering a substantive motion. Types of debate… …   Wikipedia

• Adjournment — For use of the term in board games, see adjournment (games). An adjournment is a suspension of proceedings to another time or place. To adjourn means to suspend until a later stated time or place. Contents 1 Law 2 Parliamentary procedure 3 See… …   Wikipedia

• adjournment — adjourn ad‧journ [əˈdʒɜːn ǁ ɜːrn] verb [intransitive, transitive] if a meeting or law court adjourns, or if the person in charge adjourns it, it finishes or stops, either for a short time, or until the next time it meets: • The chairman has the… …   Financial and business terms

• House of Commons of the United Kingdom — Infobox Legislature name = The Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled coa pic = House of Commons logo.png coa pic = session room = House of Commons.jpg house type = Lower House… …   Wikipedia

• adjournment — 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 …   Useful english dictionary

• adjournment debate — /əˈdʒɜnmənt dəbeɪt/ (say uh jernmuhnt duhbayt) noun a debate at the end of a parliamentary sitting day, following the motion to adjourn the house, in which members may speak on topics of their choice …  

• March 1922 in the United Kingdom — See also: February 1922 in the United Kingdom, April 1922 in the United Kingdom, and the Timeline of British history. Contents 1 Chancellor of Exchequer s Speech 2 Outrages in Ireland 3 Irish Free State Bill passed …   Wikipedia