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Adjourned Term

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A continuation of a previous or regular term. 4 Ohio St. 473; 22 Ala. (N. S.) 27. Gen. St. Mass. c. 112, § 26, provides for holding an adjourned law term from time to time.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A continuation of a previous or regular term. Harris v. Gest, 4 Ohio St. 473; Van Dyke v. State, 22 Ala. 57.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In practice. A continuance, by adjournment, of a regular term. Harris v. Gest, 4 Ohio St. 473 ; Kingsley v. Bagby, 2 Kan App. 23, 41 Pac. 991. Distinguished from n "additional term," which is a distinct term. ld. An adjourned term is a continuation of a previous or regular term; it is the same term prolonged, and the power of the court over the business which has been done, and the entries made at the regular term, continues. Van Dyke v. State, 22 Ala. 57.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

A continuance, by adjoui-nment of a regular term.