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Procrastinate

To put off till to morrow or from day to day to defer to postpone to delay as to procrastinate repentance

Adjournment

Adjournment [fr. jour, Fr., a day], a putting off to another time or place, a continuation of a meeting from one day to another.

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Notice of dishonour

the same place, the notice is given or sent off in time to reach the latter on the day after the dishonour of the bill. (b) Where the person giving and the person to receive notice reside

pass off

unfair competition 2 : to give a false identity or character to [they created the documents on the day of the trial and passed them off as being made earlier]

Prorogation

Prorogation, prolonging or putting off to another day. A prorogation is the continuance of the Parliament from one session to another, with the effect that bills,

Constable

By the (English) Police (Weekly Rest-Day) Act, 1910, a constable is to be off duty at least 52 days in the year, and as far as practicable to have one day's rest in seven. By the (English)

Cutworm

etc usually at the ground Some kinds ascend fruit trees and eat off the flower buds During the day they conceal themselves in the earth The common cutworms are the larvaelig of various species of Agrotis and

Postpone

or put off to delay to adjourn as to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day or indefinitely

Adjournment of the House

Adjournment of the House, means suspension (proceeding) for the day; to put off until a future day. Webster's Law Dictionary, p. 18.

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