Definition of Adjournments. Meaning of Adjournments. Synonyms of Adjournments

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Definition of Adjournments

Adjournment
Adjournment Ad*journ"ment (-ment), n. [Cf. f. adjournement, OF. ajornement. See Adjourn.] 1. The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day. 2. The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.

Meaning of Adjournments from wikipedia

- In parliamentary procedure, an adjournment ends a meeting. It could be done using a motion to adjourn. A time for another meeting could be set using the...
- Adjournment sine die (from Latin "without a date") is the conclusion of a meeting by a deliberative ****embly, such as a legislature or organizational...
- Championship not to use adjournments was the classical World Chess Championship 1995, while the last one to use adjournments was the FIDE World Chess...
- In the Westminster system, an adjournment debate is a debate on the motion, "That this House do now adjourn." In practice, this is a way of enabling the...
- In criminal procedure, an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal (ACD or ACOD) allows a court to defer the disposition of a defendant's case, with...
- An Act of Adjournal is secondary legislation made by the High Court of Justiciary, the supreme criminal court of Scotland, to regulate the proceedings...
- In the United States, conditional adjournment refers to the authority given to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore...
- reasons for any previous adjournments; whether or not there has been any remissness from the party s****ing the adjournment and, if so, the degree and...
- maximum three adjournments. However, Supreme Court of India struck down these amendments in 2005, citing their inherent powers. Adjournments and non-compliance...
- the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" (PDF). pp. Article II Section 14: Adjournments. Esack, Steve (February 1, 2017). "Pennsylvania Senate Democrats s****...