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adjourn
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A quick definition of adjourn:
Term: Adjourn
Definition: Adjourn means to end a meeting or court case. It's like saying "okay, we're done for now." When a meeting or court case is adjourned, everyone goes home. It's different from a break, which is just a pause in the meeting or court case. In parliamentary procedure, adjournment means the session is over.
A more thorough explanation:
Definition: Adjourn is the final closing of a meeting or gathering. It can also mean to suspend court proceedings to another time or place, or to end them.
Example: The court adjourned for the day and everyone went home.
In parliamentary procedure, an adjournment ends a session. This means that the meeting or gathering is officially over and everyone can go home. In a legal sense, adjournment means to suspend court proceedings to another time or place, or to end them. This means that the court case is not finished yet and will continue at a later time or place.