adjoin (ajoin)

[ IMG:content-0268.png:[blocks in formation] Milton , P. L., ix. 449. II. in trans. 1. To be contiguous; lie or be next, or in contact: with to : as, "a farm ad joining to the highway," Black stone .-2t. To approach; join. She lightly unto him adjoyned syde to syde. Spenser, F. Q., III. vii. 42. adjoinantt (a-joi'nant), a. [ To the town there is adjoin ant in site.. castle. an ancient R. Carew, Survey of Cornwall. adjoint (aj'oint), n. [F. adjoint, a istant, adjunct, prop. pp. of adjoindre, adjoin, a ign 74 as an a istant: see adjoin.] 1t. One who is joined or a ociated with another as a helper; an adjunct. [Rare.] You are, madam, I perceive, said he, a public minister, and this lady is your adjoint . Gentleman Instructed , p. 108. 2. [Pron. a-jwan'.] In France, specifically (a) An a istant of or substitute for the mayor of a commune, or in Paris of an arrondi ement. (b) An a istant profe or in a college. adjunct Happily we are not without authority on this point. It has been considered and adjudged . D. Webster , Speech, March 10, 1818. 3. To pa sentence on; sentence or condemn. Those rebel spirits adjudged to hell. Milton , P. L., iv. 823. 4t. To deem; judge; consider. [Rare.] He adjudged him unworthy of his friendship. Knolles . =Syn. To decree, adjudicate. II. in trans. To decree; decide; pa sentence. There let him still victor sway, adjourn (a-jern'), v. [ ajournen , ajornen , ajurner , F. ajourner = Pg . ajor- nar= It.aggiornare , adiurnare , adjurnare , adjornare , fix a day, summon for a particular day, ad , to, + LL. * diurnus , * jurnus , * jornus (> It. giorno = Pr. jorn = OF. jor , jur , F. jour , a day), diurnus , daily, dies , day: see diurnal , adjudgement, n. See adjudgment . journal.] I. trans . 1. To put off or defer, pro pad judger (a-juj'er), n. One who adjudges. erly to another day, but also till a later period indefinitely. IMG:content-0269.png:[blocks in formation] II. in trans. To suspend a sitting or transaction till another day, or transfer it to another place: usually said of legislatures, courts, or other formally organized bodies: as, the legislature adjourned at four o'clock; the meeting adjourned to the town hall. - To adjourn sine die (literally, to adjourn without day), to adjourn without setting a time to reconvene or sit again; specifically, to ad journ without intending or expecting to sit again: the usual formula of minutes recording the proceedings of a body, as a court martial, whose existence terminates with the busine for which it was convened.