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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 meeting is in ordinary cases a mere continuation of the original meeting and no fresh notice of it need be given, Scadding v. Lorant, (1851) 3 HLC 418. The adjournment of a trial is in the discretion of the judge. As to adjournment of trial in the High Court, see R.SC. Ord. XXXVI., r. 34; and as to adjournments in County Courts, see County Courts Act, 1934, s. 36.As to adjournment by justices on hearing charge of offence punishable on summary jurisdiction, see Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 43), s. 16.Unless the object of the context or inquiry otherwise warrants the term 'adjournment' in connection with a meeting should be applied only to the case of a meeting which has already convened and which is thereafter postponed and not to a case where a notice convening a meeting is cancelled and subsequently, a notice for holding the ...
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 or indefinitely...
Pick off
to put out a baserunner who is off base by tagging himher especially by a quick throw from the pitcher or catcher...
Doff
To put off as dress to divest ones self of hence figuratively to put or thrust away to rid ones self of...
Passing off
Passing off, in action for passing off pray of actual deception is not necessary two marks bear an ovrall similarity as would be likely to mislead a person usually dealing with one to accept the other if offered to him, it is enough, National Match Works v. S.T. Karuppanna Nadar, AIR 1979 Mad 157.An infringement action is available where there is violation of specific property right acquired under and recognised by the statute. In a passing-off action, however, the plaintiff's right is independent of such a statutory right to a trade mark and is against the conduct of the defendant which leads to or is intended or calculated to lead to deception. Passing-off is said to be a species of unfair trade competition or of actionable unfair trading by which one person, through deception, attempts to obtain an economic benefit of the reputation which another has established for himself in a particular trade or business. The action is regarded as an action for deceit. The tort of passing-off inv...
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 : suspend formal business or procedure and disband [the congress will next month] ad·journ·ment n ...
postpone
postpone post·poned post·pon·ing 1 : to put off to a later time 2 : to place later in precedence, preference, or importance ;specif : to subordinate (a lien) to a later lien post·pon·able adj post·pone·ment n ...
Crastination
Procrastination a putting off till to morrow...
Daff
To cast aside to put off to doff...
Defer
To put off to postpone to a future time to delay the execution of to delay to withhold...
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