PROROGATION

Prolonging or puttlnaofr to another day. In English law, a prorogation is the· continuance of the parliament from one se ion to another, as an adjournment is a continuation of the se ion from dq to day. Wharton. In the ctvil law. The giving time to do a thing beyond the term previously fixed Dig. 2, 14, 27, 1. PROROGUE., To direct suspension of proceedings of parliament;; to terminate a se ion. [s. 964]