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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adjourn \Ad*journ\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjourned}; p. pr & vb n. {Adjourning}.] [OE. ajornen OF ajoiner, ajurner F. ajourner OF a (L. ad) + jor, jur, jorn, F. jour, day fr L. diurnus belonging to the day fr dies day Cf {Journal}, {Journey}.] To put off or defer to another day or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action of convened body; as to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate. It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time. --Barrow. 'Tis a needful fitness That we adjourn this court till further day --Shak. Syn: To delay; defer; postpone; put off suspend. Usage: To {Adjourn}, {Prorogue}, {Dissolve}. These words are used in respect to public bodies when they lay aside business and separate. Adjourn, both in Great Britain and this country, is applied to all cases in which such bodies separate for a brief period, with a view to meet again Prorogue is applied in Great Britain to that act of the executive government, as the sovereign, which brings a session of Parliament to a close The word is not used in this country, but a legislative body is said in such a case, to adjourn sine die. To dissolve is to annul the corporate existence of a body. In order to exist again the body must be reconstituted
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