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...

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...

rules provide for this. Otherwise the adjournment effectively dissolves the assembly. A court may also adjourn a matter sine die, which means that the...

then became better than the best humans, adjournment was commonly offered in tournaments. When an adjournment is made, the player whose move it is secretly...

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...

resolution authorizing the conditional adjournment. Recess (motion) "United States Senate Glossary - conditional adjournment". United States Senate. Retrieved...

only grants the president the authority to adjourn Congress if it is unable to agree on a date of adjournment, and both Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi...

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...

different date of adjournment than the House of Representatives. Although President Trump called on the Senate to set a new adjournment date, Senate Majority...

line between a recess and an adjournment can be fine. A break for lunch can be more in the nature of a recess or an adjournment depending on the time and...

convene after the election, then adjourn its existing session sine die. While Congress is in recess or sine die adjournment, the President could call it into...

Constitutional power to adjourn either or both houses of Congress is limited to situations in which the "Time of Adjournment" is disagreed upon between...

which assembled at White Plains on July 10, 1776, and after repeated adjournments and changes of location, finished its work at Kingston on Sunday evening...

"determinative question is not whether it is a final adjournment of Congress or an interim adjournment but whether it is one that 'prevents' the President...

time as speaker. It is important to note that the period between the adjournment of one Congress and the convening of the next Congress is not included...

down. See Adjournment (games) § Chess. Formerly common, adjournments are no longer standard practice in chess competition. When an adjournment is made,...

because of his opposition to Strong's evidence and claims. The committee adjourns for a private conference to discuss their decision, and, upon returning...

zakaznik. It is scientifically valuable as a basal section Upper Jurassic adjournment on Russian Platform. Many fossils have been recovered from it, including...

your difficulties?" The atmosphere became so tense Zhou was forced to adjourn the conference. Zhou called a series of meetings, where it was agreed the...

Azelle Rodney was a London man who was fatally injured by an armed officer of the Metropolitan Police on 30 April 2005. In July 2013, a public inquiry...

government dissolved into chaos, and the Confederate States Congress adjourned, effectively ceasing to exist as a legislative body on March 18. After...

Mickey and prosecutor Jeff Golantz refuse a mistrial, and Judge Stanton adjourns court to verify the rest of the jury. Mickey calls in a favor with the...

Chairman Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, the Senate Majority Leader, adjourned the convention about 7 p.m. The night of June 11–12, 1920 would become...

Debates (Hansard). 10 June 1859. Retrieved 23 December 2019. "MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 19 June 1866. Was defeated on the...

appointment of 44 out of 70 Senators in the Dewan Negara; the summoning and adjournment of sittings of the Dewan Rakyat; the appointment of judges of the superior...

overseen by defence lawyer Vernon Berrangé, and continued until the case was adjourned in September. In January 1958, Oswald Pirow was appointed to prosecute...

in January and meets for a total of 90 days over two sessions, usually adjourning in late April or early May. Special sessions may be called by the governor...

tenth states to ratify the Constitution, respectively, had ensured any adjournment would not happen and a compromise would have to be reached. Hamilton's...

no power; he presided over the Senate for a mere four days before it adjourned. On September 2, 1901, Roosevelt first publicized an aphorism that thrilled...