ADJOURNMENT (through the French from the Late Lat. adjurnare, to put off until or summon for another day)

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ADJOURNMENT (through the French from the Late Lat. adjurnare, to put off until or summon for another day) , the act of postponing a

meeting

MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the
people
- PEOPLE
; cf. witanagemot)

of any private or public

body

BODY

, particularly of

parliament

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

, or any business, until another

time

TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
TIME, STANDARD

, or indefinitely (in which

case

CASE
CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

it is an

adjournment

ADJOURNMENT (through the
French
- FRENCH
- CHESTER
  - CHESTER
  - CHESTER, EARLS OF
  _1850_.html">FRENCH, DANIEL
  CHESTER
  - CHESTER
  - CHESTER, EARLS OF
  (1850– )
- FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)
from the Late Lat. adjurnare, to put off until or summon for another day)

sine die). The word applies also to the period during which the

meeting

MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the
people
- PEOPLE
; cf. witanagemot)

or business stands adjourned.

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