suspend proceedings

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• Suspend the rules — NOTOC A motion to suspend the rules, in parliamentary procedure, is used to allow a deliberative assembly to do something that it could not normally do without violating special rules of order, rules contained in the parliamentary authority, the… …   Wikipedia

• suspend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. hang, dangle; defer, postpone, stave off; adjourn, recess, intermit, prorogue, interrupt; debar, exclude. See lateness, discontinuance, latency, pendency. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To debar] Syn.… …   English dictionary for students

• Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium

• 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

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• Demur — De*mur , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Demurred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demurring}.] [OF. demurer, demorer, demourer, to linger, stay, F. demeurer, fr. L. demorari; de + morari to delay, tarry, stay, mora delay; prob. originally, time for thinking, reflection …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Demurred — Demur De*mur , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Demurred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demurring}.] [OF. demurer, demorer, demourer, to linger, stay, F. demeurer, fr. L. demorari; de + morari to delay, tarry, stay, mora delay; prob. originally, time for thinking,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Demurring — Demur De*mur , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Demurred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demurring}.] [OF. demurer, demorer, demourer, to linger, stay, F. demeurer, fr. L. demorari; de + morari to delay, tarry, stay, mora delay; prob. originally, time for thinking,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hubert Maga — Coutoucou Hubert Maga President Hubert Maga, c. 1962 Deputy to the French National Assembly In office June 17, 1951 – May 22, 1959 Premier of Dahomey …   Wikipedia

• demur — 1. verb /dɪˈmɜː/ a) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair. Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp. Nicols? b) To scruple… …   Wiktionary

• recess — ► NOUN 1) a small space set back in a wall. 2) a hollow in something. 3) (recesses) remote, secluded, or secret places. 4) a break between sessions of a parliament, law court, etc. 5) chiefly N. Amer. a break between school classes. ► VERB …   English terms dictionary