Prorogation
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Prolonging or putting off to another day. In English law, a prorogation is the continuance of the parliament from one session to another, as an adjournment is a continuation of the session from day to day.
Wharton.
In the civil law. The giving time to do a thing beyond the term previously fixed Dig. 2, 14, 27, 1.