Crossword clues for adjourned
adjourned
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Adjourn \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.] To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate.
It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of
their lives to a further time.
--Barrow.
'Tis a needful fitness
That we adjourn this court till further day.
--Shak.
Syn: To delay; defer; postpone; put off; suspend.
Usage: To Adjourn, Prorogue, Dissolve. These words are used in respect to public bodies when they lay aside business and separate. Adjourn, both in Great Britain and this country, is applied to all cases in which such bodies separate for a brief period, with a view to meet again. Prorogue is applied in Great Britain to that act of the executive government, as the sovereign, which brings a session of Parliament to a close. The word is not used in this country, but a legislative body is said, in such a case, to adjourn sine die. To dissolve is to annul the corporate existence of a body. In order to exist again the body must be reconstituted.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: adjourn)
Usage examples of "adjourned".
The present state of affairs was this: the assembly having been convened to consider the resolutions passed in parliament, had been adjourned on their refusal to entertain the supplies, or to proceed to business.
On the following day both houses of parliament adjourned to the 16th of January.
After a long speech from Lord Stanley, and a few words from Lord Morpeth in defence of government, the house was adjourned till the following day, when Mr.
Under these circumstances, his grace moved that the debate be adjourned, as the house had not sufficient notice of the contents of the bill, and as the title of it did not state anything respecting the precedence of the prince.
After a few observations from Lords Brougham and Londonderry, the debate was adjourned till the following week, when the lord-chancellor stated that he should propose that power be given to the crown to allow the prince to take precedence next after any heir-apparent to the throne.
After a very long and angry discussion, the debate was adjourned, and on the next evening was continued by Earl Fitzwilliam and Lord Monteagle on one side, and the Earls of Haddington and Ripon on the other.
The debate having been adjourned, was resumed by the Earls of Hardwick and Carnarvon, who supported the bill.
The debate having been again adjourned, was resumed by Earl Spencer and the Bishop of Norwich.
The debate was then adjourned, and on the following day it was resumed by Captain Rous, who brought some grave charges against the New Zealand Company.
The corporation met and adjourned for three weeks as a mark of respect.
On the 20th of December the house adjourned for the Christmas holidays, and did not meet again until February.
Both houses adjourned to the next evening, in order to learn the grounds upon which Lord John had come to that determination.
In the midst of this zeal against popery and the pretender, they were suddenly adjourned by the command of the lord-lieutenant, and broke up in great animosity against that nobleman.
On the twenty-fifth day of March the commissioner adjourned the parliament, after having, in a short speech, taken notice of the honour they had acquired in concluding an affair of such importance to their country.
The lords and commons having adjourned themselves to the last day of December, the queen closed the year with triumphal processions.