Adjournment
121without day — A term used to describe a final ending or adjournment of a session of a legislature or a court; the English translation of the Latin phrase sine die. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. without day …
122deferment — I noun adjournment, cunctation, dalliance, deferral, delay, dilatormess, extension, extension of time, interruption, moratorium, postponement, procrastination, prolongation, prorogation, putting off, respite, stoppage, suspension, tabling,… …
123intermission — I noun abeyance, adjournment, break, cessation, delay discontinuance, discontinuity, halt, hiatus, interim, interlude, intermittence, interregnum, interruption, interval, intervention, leave, lull, pause, pendency, recess, remission, respite,… …
124adjourn — ad‧journ [əˈdʒɜːn ǁ ɜːrn] verb [intransitive, transitive] if a meeting or law court adjourns, or if the person in charge adjourns it, it finishes or stops, either for a short time, or until the next time it meets: • The chairman has the power to… …
125continuance — n. adjournment (legal) (AE) to grant a continuance * * * [kən tɪnjʊəns] [ adjournment ] (legal) (AE) to grant a continuance …
126delay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. put off, retard, defer, postpone; linger, dally, loiter, procrastinate. n. postponement, stay; procrastination. See lateness, slowness, hindrance, durability. Ant., hasten. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …
127postponement — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. respite, suspension, adjournment; see delay 1 , pause 1 , 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act of putting off or the condition of being put off: adjournment, deferment, deferral, delay, stay1, suspension, waiver. See… …
128adjourn — ad|journ [əˈdʒə:n US ə:rn] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: ajourner, from jour day ] 1.) [I and T] if a meeting, parliament, law court etc adjourns, or if the person in charge adjourns it, it stops for a short time ▪ It was almost noon… …
