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...
- Championship not to use adjournments was the classical World Chess Championship 1995, while the last one to use adjournments was the FIDE World Chess...
- 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 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...
- Adjournment sine die (from Latin "without a day") is the conclusion of a meeting by a deliberative ****embly, such as a legislature or organizational board...
- In the United States, conditional adjournment refers to the authority given to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore...
- 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...
- A Motion to Adjourn is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Roy Clements and starring Harry L. Rattenberry, Roy Stewart and Marjorie Daw. The...
- which ****embled at White Plains on July 10, 1776, and after repeated adjournments and changes of location, finished its work at Kingston on Sunday evening...
- maximum three adjournments. However, Supreme Court of India struck down these amendments in 2005, citing their inherent powers. Adjournments and non-compliance...