ADJOURNMENT

A putting ofr or postponing of busine or of a se ion until another time or place; the act of a court, legislative body, public meeting, or officer, by D which the se ion or a embly is di olved, either temporarily or finally, and the busine in hand dismi ed from consideration, either definitely or for an interval. If the adjournment is final, it is said to be sine die. f In the civil law. A calling into court; a summoning ~t an appointed time. Du Cange. -Adjournment day, A further day a~ pointed by the judges at the regular sittings at nisi priua to try i ue of fact not then ready f for trial.-Adjournment day in error. In English practice. A day appointed some.days before the end of the term at which matters left undone on ·the affirmance day are finished. 2 Tidd, Pr. 1176.-Adjournm.ent in eyre. The appointment of a day when the justices in eyre mean to sit again. Cowell;_ Spelman. G [s. 41]