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- Dictionaryadjournment/əˈdʒəːnm(ə)nt/
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- 1. an act or period of adjourning or being adjourned: "she sought an adjournment of the trial"
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ADJOURNMENT definition: 1. a pause or rest during a formal meeting or trial, or the act of giving a pause or rest: 2. a…. Learn more.
the temporary ending of a meeting or trial, or the period of time during which it is temporarily ended: This trial has a history of delays and repeated adjournments. The judge granted the request for an adjournment. The Senate passed the bill, but the House didn't vote on it before adjournment.
1. : the act of adjourning. adjournment of a meeting. 2. : the state or interval of being adjourned. a brief adjournment. Examples of adjournment in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web The defendant's attorney requested an adjournment in the case.
Adjournment definition: the act of adjourning or the state or period of being adjourned. . See examples of ADJOURNMENT used in a sentence.
to temporarily end a meeting or trial: adjourn for sth The meeting adjourned for lunch. adjourn a case/hearing/trial/inquest/meeting The district judge adjourned the case for 16 weeks to allow time for experts to give evidence.
An adjournment is a temporary stopping of a trial, enquiry, or other meeting. The court ordered a four month adjournment. Synonyms: postponement , delay , suspension , putting off More Synonyms of adjournment
1. To suspend proceedings to another time or place. 2. To move to a new location, especially to a less formal setting: After the meal, we adjourned to the living room.
noun. /əˈdʒɜːnmənt/ /əˈdʒɜːrnmənt/ [countable, uncountable] (formal) a time when a meeting or an official process, especially a trial, is stopped for a period of time; the fact of stopping a meeting or an official process in this way. The judge granted us a short adjournment. Topics Working life c2. Definitions on the go.
Adjournment definition: . See examples of ADJOURNMENT used in a sentence.
to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: At this point in the trial, the judge adjourned the court session so the defense could access and review the test results. to defer or postpone to a later time:
