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Adjournment of the House
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Adjournment
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Adjourn
of Lords and the House of Commons may each adjourn at their own pleasure. In both Houses, an adjournment is effected by the adoption of the motion, 'That this House do now adjourn'. The motion to adjourn … body etc. in bringing a sitting to a close, with the intention of resuming on the next working day or a specified later date. Webster Law Dictionary, p. 18. In U.K., the House of Lords and the
Adjournment Motion
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Adjournamentum est ad diem dicere seu diem dare
Adjournamentum est ad diem dicere seu diem dare [Lat.], An adjournment is to appoint a day or to give a day. Adjourn has narrow and restricted meaning as 'refer'
Prorogation
they have reached, drop and have to be taken up from the beginning in a succeeding session; an adjournment is a continuation of the session from day to day. Prorogation never extends beyond eighty days, but fresh
Sine die
(without day, or indefinitely). Without a day being fixed. The consideration of a matter is said to be adjourned sine die when it is adjourned without a day being fixed for its resumption.
legislative day
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Session of Parliament
of Parliament, the sittings of the Houses of Lords and Commons, which are continued, day by day, by adjournment, until the Parliament is prorogued or dissolved. See PARLIAMENT.
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