adjourn indefinitely

  • 1adjourn — ad·journ /ə jərn/ vt: to put off further proceedings of either indefinitely or until a later stated time: close formally adjourn ing the session vi: to suspend a session or meeting till another time or indefinitely: suspend formal business or… …

    Law dictionary

  • 2Adjourn — Ad*journ, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjourned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjourning}.] [OE. ajornen, OF. ajoiner, ajurner, F. ajourner; OF. a (L. ad) + jor, jur, jorn, F. jour, day, fr. L. diurnus belonging to the day, fr. dies day. Cf. {Journal}, {Journey}.] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3Adjourn — Ad*journ , v. i. To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4adjourn — verb ADVERB ▪ indefinitely, sine die (law) ▪ The trial was adjourned indefinitely. PREPOSITION ▪ for ▪ The case was adjourned for a week …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 5adjourn — /euh jerrn /, v.t. 1. to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court. 2. to defer or postpone to a later time: They adjourned the meeting until the following …

    Universalium

  • 6adjourn — ad•journ [[t]əˈdʒɜrn[/t]] v. t. 1) to suspend the meeting of (a legislature, court, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely 2) to defer or postpone (a meeting) to a later time 3) to defer or postpone (a matter) to a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 7adjourn — /ajarn/ To put off; defer; recess; postpone. To postpone action of a convened court or legislative body until another time specified, or indefinitely; the latter being usually called to adjourn sine die. To suspend or recess during a meeting,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 8adjourn — /ajarn/ To put off; defer; recess; postpone. To postpone action of a convened court or legislative body until another time specified, or indefinitely; the latter being usually called to adjourn sine die. To suspend or recess during a meeting,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 9adjourn — verb Etymology: Middle English ajournen, from Old French ajorner to order to appear in court on a certain day, from a (from Latin ad ) + jour day more at journey Date: 15th century transitive verb to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 10indefinitely — adv. Indefinitely is used with these verbs: ↑adjourn, ↑defer, ↑delay, ↑detain, ↑imprison, ↑last, ↑maintain, ↑multiply, ↑persist, ↑postpone, ↑prolong, ↑ …

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