Adjourn
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
To put off; to dismiss till an appointed day, or without any such appointment But it has also acquired the meaning of suspending business for a time — deferring, delaying. Probably, as to a sale or judicial proceeding, it would include the fixing of another day; La Farge v. Van Wagenen, 14 How. Pr. (N. Y.) 54.
See Adjournment.