ADJOURNED

Definition: ADJOURNED

ADJOURNED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Adjourn

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "ADJOURNED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1649. (references)

Crosswords: ADJOURNED

This court martial is adjourned. (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

Meeting is adjourned! (Blazing Saddles; writing credit: Andrew Bergman; Mel Brooks)

The meeting was adjourned and the vote was closed (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben)

The meeting was adjourned and the vote was closed (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben)

When the meeting was adjourned, the vote was 9 to 9. (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben)

The courtroom was adjourned (American Pie; performing artist: Don McLean)

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Books

• Secretary General's address & reports to the Conference on 27 May 1979 and the adjourned conference & seminar held from 6-10 November 1979 (reference)

• The Supreme Court has adjourned : what have the Justices done? : a review of the major decisions of the 1996-1997 term (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

And Congress adjourned. Credit: Library of Congress.

Politics should be adjourned. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

The legislative also in this case being supposed to consist of several persons, (for if it be a single person, it cannot but be always in being, and so will, as supreme, naturally have the supreme executive power, together with the legislative) may assemble, and exercise their legislature, at the times that either their original constitution, or their own adjournment, appoints, or when they please; if neither of these hath appointed any time, or there be no other way prescribed to convoke them: for the supreme power being placed in them by the people, it is always in them, and they may exercise it when they please, unless by their original constitution they are limited to certain seasons, or by an act of their supreme power they have adjourned to a certain time; and when that time comes, they have a right to assemble and act again. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Civil Liberties

Gambia

Subsequently the case was filed at the Court of Appeal, but the case was adjourned until April. (references)

Economic History

India

The Tehelka recordings of corrupt transactions relating to defense contracts has dented the image of the BJP. The budget session of Parliament in March-May 2001 did not pass any economic bills and was adjourned early, because of disruption over the Tehelka expose. (references)

Human Rights

Afghanistan

Their trial began, but immediately was adjourned. (references)

Political Rights

Burma

The national convention adjourned in 1996 and it has not reconvened. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Chinese 

休会 (Adjourn, Adjourning, Adjournment). (various references)

Dutch

vonnis van beraadslaging (judgment adjourned for further consultation of judges), uitspraak verdaagd voor onbepaalde termijn (decision adjourned sine die). (various references)

Finnish

päätös asian siirtämisestä suljettuun käsittelyyn (judgment adjourned for further consultation of judges), päätös asian lykkäämisestä neuvottelua varten (judgment adjourned for further consultation of judges), juttu jätetään uuden ilmoituksen varaan (decision adjourned sine die). (various references)

French

prononce ajourné à une date indéterminée (decision adjourned sine die), jugement mis en délibéré (judgment adjourned for further consultation of judges), jugement de délibéré (judgment adjourned for further consultation of judges). (various references)

German

vertagte (prorogued), aufgeschoben (suspended). (various references)

Italian

pronunzia rinviata a tempo indeterminato (decision adjourned sine die), decisione rinviata sine die (decision adjourned sine die), decisione che dispone il deposito degli atti e delega un giudice relatore (judgment adjourned for further consultation of judges). (various references)

Pig Latin

adjourneday.(various references)

Portuguese

adiado (delayed, protracted). (various references)

Russian 

откладывать закрытый. (various references)

Spanish

suspendido (discontinued, hanging, overhead, poised, suspended). (various references)

Swedish

meddelande av dom uppskjutet på obestämd tid (decision adjourned sine die), beslut av domstolen efter pläderingen om att handlingar skall läggas fram och om att ge en av domarna i uppdrag att upprätta en föredragningspromemoria (judgment adjourned for further consultation of judges). (various references)

Ukrainian

припинений. (various references)

Misspellings

"ADJOURNED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adjournal, adjourne, adourned, ajourned, Radbourne. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: adjourn, adjured, adorned, daunder, duodena, redound, rondeau, rounded, underdo, unjaded.

-3 letters: adjure, adored, around, dander, darned, deodar, droned, durned, enduro, jordan, judder, nodder, undead, undoer, unread.

-4 letters: adder, adore, adorn, anode, dared, denar, doura, dread, drone, dured, jaded, nuder, oared, odder, oread, radon, readd, redan, redon, rouen, round, udder, under, uredo.

-5 letters: aeon, aero.