v. the final closing of a meeting, such as a convention, a meetin...

  to put off, postpone or defer

A motion to adjourn in the Senate (or a committee) ends that day's session.

A motion to adjourn in the Senate (or a committee) ends that day's session.

early 14c., ajournen, "assign a day" (for convening or reconvening), from Old French ajourner (12c.) "meet" (at an appointed time), from the phrase à jorn "to a stated day&quo [..]

to put off, postpone or defer

close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to t [..]

To conclude a day's session with a time set to meet again, or conclude a meeting.

to put off further proceedings of either indefinitely or until a later stated time : close formally [ing the session] vi : to suspend a session or meeting till another time or indefinitely : ...

(v) break from a meeting or gathering(v) close at the end of a session

Once written ajorn. French, à-journer, to put off to another day.

(WCB) - To put off or suspend until a future time, without issuing a decision.

To delay a hearing until another time.

To suspend a proceeding to a later time and perhaps different place.

to delay a court matter until later that day, to a specified day or indefinitely

To suspend a court hearing, usually to a future specified day, but sometimes without setting a future date (sine die). Noun: adjournment.

to ask the court to delay your court case until a later date. If the court allows this, the delay is referred to as an adjournment

To postpone a matter to another date/time and possibly even another location.

To suspend or postpone, especially a meeting or hearing to a future date.

To adjourn is to postpone a trial or hearing until a later time, or to end it altogether.

v. the final closing of a meeting, such as a convention, a meeting of the board of directors, or any official gathering. It should not be confused with a recess, meaning the meeting will break and the [..]

(transitive) To postpone. ''The trial was adjourned for a week.'' (transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely. * Barrow *: It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation [..]