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adjourn

adjourn : to put off further proceedings of either indefinitely or until a later stated time : close formally [ing the session] vi : to suspend a session or meeting till another time or indefinitely :...

Forisfamiliate

Literally to put out of a family hence to portion off so as to exclude further claim of inheritance to emancipate as a with his own consent from paternal authority

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. An adjourned

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Postpone

To defer to a future or later time to put off also to cause to be deferred or put off to delay to adjourn as to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day...

Remanet

Remanet, means a case or proceeding whose hearing has been postponed; a remainder or remant, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1296. Remanet, the name given to a cause the trial of which has been postponed...

Prorogation

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

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.

Rejourn

To adjourn to put off

Procrastination

The act or habit of procrastinating or putting off to a future time delay dilatoriness

Postponement

The act of postponing a deferring or putting off to a future time a temporary delay

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