Adjourning
/\ə-ˈdʒər-niŋ\/
Definitions
- (v. ger.) The act of suspending a legal proceeding or meeting until a later time or date.
The judge announced adjourning the session until next week.
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Commentary
'Adjourning' is the present participle of 'adjourn' used to describe the process of temporarily ending a session before resuming later.
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