to suspend a meeting

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• suspend — sus‧pend [səˈspend] verb [transitive] 1. to officially stop something from continuing or happening for a short time: • The company has suspended production at its Arkansas plant. • The troubled computer concern had to suspend dividend payments on …   Financial and business terms

• 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

• adjourn — /euh jerrn /, v.t. 1. to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court. 2. to defer or postpone to a later time: They adjourned the meeting until the following …   Universalium

• adjourn — ad•journ [[t]əˈdʒɜrn[/t]] v. t. 1) to suspend the meeting of (a legislature, court, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely 2) to defer or postpone (a meeting) to a later time 3) to defer or postpone (a matter) to a… …   From formal English to slang

• adjourn — /əˈdʒɜn / (say uh jern) verb (t) 1. to suspend the meeting of (a public or private body) to a future time or to another place: adjourn the court. 2. to defer or postpone to a future meeting of the same body: the court adjourned consideration of… …  

• ad|journ — «uh JURN», transitive verb. 1. a) to put off until a later time: »The members of the club voted to adjourn the morning meeting until after lunch. b) to put off until a future meeting of the same body: »The committee adjourned consideration of the …   Useful english dictionary

• Suspension of the rules — Suspend the rules (RONR) Class Incidental motion In order when another has the floor? No Requires second? Yes Debatable? No May be reconsidered? No Amendable? No Vote required …   Wikipedia

• international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …   Universalium

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

• Dates of 2006 — ▪ 2007 January Keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. And here we have a serious problem. America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world. U.S. Pres. George W. Bush, in his state of the union… …   Universalium

• Dates of 2007 — ▪ 2008 January Ladies and gentlemen: on this day, at this hour, it is still within our power to shape the outcome of this battle. Let us find our resolve, and turn events toward victory. U.S. Pres. George W. Bush, asking for support for his… …   Universalium