Adjourn - meaning and definition. What is Adjourn
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What (who) is Adjourn - definition

SUSPENSION OF PROCEEDINGS TO ANOTHER TIME OR PLACE
Adjourned; Adjourn; Adjourn (motion); Fix the time to which to adjourn; Move to adjourn; Motion to adjourn; Motions to adjourn; Motion to fix the time to which to adjourn; Motions to fix the time to which to adjourn; Adjourned meeting

adjourn         
v.
1) (D; intr.) ('to stop') to adjourn for (to adjourn for lunch)
2) (d; intr.) ('to move') (to adjourn to the living room for brandy)
adjourn         
(adjourns, adjourning, adjourned)
If a meeting or trial is adjourned or if it adjourns, it is stopped for a short time.
The proceedings have now been adjourned until next week...
I am afraid the court may not adjourn until three or even later.
VERB: be V-ed, V
adjourn         
v. the final closing of a meeting, such as a convention, a meeting of the board of directors, or any official gathering. It should not be confused with a recess, meaning the meeting will break and then continue at a later time. See also: recess session

Wikipedia

Adjournment

In parliamentary procedure, an adjournment ends a meeting. It could be done using a motion to adjourn. A time for another meeting could be set using the motion to fix the time to which to adjourn.

Examples of use of Adjourn
1. ElBaradei said the meeting would adjourn at 3:00 p.m.
2. Typically, a session ends whenever Congress decides to adjourn.
3. Congress is expected to adjourn next week until January.
4. The court decided to adjourn the case until Sept. 27.
5. Congress has been trying to adjourn so that its members can go out and campaign.