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adjournment

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adjournment

In law, the postponement of the hearing of a case for later consideration. If a hearing is adjourned sine die (‘without day’) it is postponed for an indefinite period.

If a party requests an adjournment, the court may find the costs of the adjournment have been unnecessarily incurred and make an order for costs against that party.



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At the adjournment Rouletabille had not yet arrived.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context
Ellmother treated the case in the right way--first with supper, and then with an adjournment to bed.
I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context
If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which case it shall not be a Law.
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