ADJOURNED Definition & Meaning

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adjourned

[uh-jurnd]

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adjective

(of a club or committee meeting, legislative or court session, etc.)
1. formally ended or closed.
  This July will see a reopening of the adjourned inquest, in light of subsequent collisions involving similar transport trucks.
2. suspended or stopped for the time being, to be resumed at a future time or another place.
  In the case of an adjourned hearing, persons who were already heard do not need to be notified of the time of the hearing’s resumption.
3. being the continuation of such a previously suspended meeting.
  According to the bylaws, the adjourned meeting must be held at least 10 days after the original meeting.
postponed or held over to a future occasion, a future specified or unspecified time, etc..
He told an anecdote from the 15th Chess Olympiad, about an adjourned game between Fischer and Botvinnik.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of adjourn.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

unadjourned adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of adjourned¹

First recorded in 1530–40; adjourn ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; adjourn ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

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The inquest was adjourned until 17 June when the coroner will give her conclusion.

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After weeks of evidence, the inquest was adjourned on Thursday with NSW state coroner Teresa O'Sullivan expected to deliver her recommendations by the end of the year.

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The trial was then adjourned pending the decision on Thursday, which ultimately was to declare a mistrial.

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She was one of three judges in the case which has been adjourned.

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Judge Catherine Richards adjourned the case and released Mr Naghi on conditional bail.

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