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A quick definition of recess:

Term: Recess

Definition: Recess is a break during a trial or a meeting where everyone stops what they are doing and takes a break until a certain time. It's like taking a break during school or playing outside during recess time. It's not the same as ending the trial or meeting, which is called adjournment. Even the government takes recesses between their meetings! During these breaks, important decisions can be made, like filling in empty jobs until the next meeting.

A more thorough explanation:

Recess is a break in a trial, legislative session, or other legal proceedings until a specific date and time. It is different from adjournment, which ends the proceedings.

During the trial of Gonzalez v. Douglas, the court announced, "we will stand at recess until 1:30," and the recess lasted from 11:57 a.m. to 1:32 p.m. This means that the trial was temporarily paused and would resume at a specific time.

In the legislative context, the U.S. Constitution allows for recesses between sessions. For instance, if a vacancy occurs in the Senate during the legislature's recess, the executive can make temporary appointments until the next meeting of the legislature, which will then fill the vacancies.

Another example is when the President has the power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the Senate's recess by granting commissions that will expire at the end of their next session.

These examples illustrate that recess is a temporary break in legal proceedings or legislative sessions that allows for a pause in the action and a specific time for resuming the proceedings.

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JumpySubsequentDolphin
12:57
@glovediedthisishismom: GNXXXX
babycat
12:59
I heard if you apply YM at Brooklyn specifically it’s the equivalent of like a 5 LSAT point boost
HopefullyInLawSchool
13:00
^^^^This
13:00
does anyone have any information on lsu? I have only heard of 1 person getting a decision and its driving me insane
HopefullyInLawSchool
13:01
Just info on their YM applications but nothing else
HopefullyInLawSchool
13:02
@BeFree03:
13:04
yeah thats all i am seeing as well. i have literally looked everywhere trying to find at least a time of day for decisions but theres nothing
CuriousPanda2362
13:04
I feel like it’s the calm before the storm
CuriousPanda2362
13:05
Big movement are bound to happen soon but it’s so eerily quiet
HopefullyInLawSchool
13:05
^^^^Me taking a dookie
CuriousPanda2362
13:05
Lmao
babycat
13:06
Ehh I think schools will prob release information on their YM applicants first before they even get to RD
babycat
13:06
I wouldn’t expect RD applicants to hear anything until after Thanksgiving bc they prioritize YM so heavily
HopefullyInLawSchool
13:06
I heard theyll do that at LSU but not 100% sure
2big2fail
13:09
berkeley status checker is so funny
13:11
berk today will be Huge if it happens
2big2fail
13:12
i think berkeley next wave will be in december
13:13
that is probable i just have a funny where i say “berk today” every single day
2big2fail
13:13
makes sense
@JumpySubsequentDolphin: TODAY IS OUR DAY also 1pm est or pst?
JumpySubsequentDolphin
13:14
YEAHHH SPLITTY. also PST
yo mama jokes will never not be funny
everyone trying to YM each other but no JM... damn :/
AHAHAHAAH
i'm lying in wait dw
if no gtown today i'm crashing out so bad yall don't even know
i will not be racist or say slurs tho unlike Some people
how bad on a scale of wild- evol bunny
HAHAHAH
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