Recess
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The time in which the court is not actually engaged in business. In re Gannon, 69 Cal. 541, 11 Pac. 240.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In the practice of the courts, a recess is a short interval or period of time during which the court suspends business, but without adjourning. See In re Gannon, 69 Cal. 541, 11 Pac. 240. In legislative practice, a recess is the interval, occurring in icensequence of an adjournment, batween the sessions of the same continuous legislative body; not the interval between the final adjournment of one body and the convening of another at the next regular session. See Tipton v. Parker, 71 Ark. 193, 74 S. W. 298.