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Adjourn
To postpone; to delay briefly a court proceeding through recess. Anadjournment for a longer duration is termed a continuance. The term has aspecial meaning in the rules of legislatures which adjourn between legislativesessions, but recess for periods, of whatever duration within a single session.
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