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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 193 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ADJOURNMENT (through the See also:French from the See also:Late See also:Lat. adjurnare, to put off until or summon for another See also:day) , the See also:act of postponing a See also:meeting of any private or public See also:body, particularly of See also:parliament, or any business, until another See also:time, or indefinitely (in which See also:case it is an adjournment sine See also:die). The word applies also to the See also:period during which the meeting or business stands adjourned.

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