temporary adjournment

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• 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

• adjournment — [[t]əʤɜ͟ː(r)nmənt[/t]] adjournments N COUNT An adjournment is a temporary stopping of a trial, enquiry, or other meeting. The court ordered a four month adjournment. Syn: suspension …   English dictionary

• adjournment — 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… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• recess — re·cess / rē ˌses, ri ses/ n: a temporary adjournment of a trial, hearing, or legislative session recess vb Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. recess …   Law dictionary

• recess — In the practice of the courts, a short interval or period of time during which the court suspends business, but without adjourning. The period between sessions of court. A temporary adjournment of a trial or a hearing that occurs after a trial or …   Black's law dictionary

• duration — The period of existence, People v Hill, 7 Cal 97; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists. Hence, a statute providing that a session should be limited to sixty days duration means sixty days counting one after… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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