The act of proroguing; the ending of the session of Parliament, and postponing of its business, by the command of the sovereign.
The formal adjournment of the yearly session of the legislature by theGovernor. If the General Court is not proroguedbefore the first Wednesday of January (the first day of the new session)the ending session is automatically dissolved at midnight on the Tuesdaybefore the first Wednesday of January.
The termination of a session of Parliament by the Governor.
Termination of a legislative year by agreement of the governor and both legislative bodies.
The act of ending a session of Parliament. Performed when an election is called.
discontinuing the meetings (of a legislative body) without dissolving it
event that marks the end of a parliamentary session.
The ceremonial ending of a parliamentary session, which abolishes all pending business and halts all committee work. Put the question: To put the motion before the House to a vote. At this stage no further debate or amendment is possible.
The Lieutenant Governor ends a session by proroguing the House of Assembly. The House may not sit once it has been prorogued until it has been called into session again by the Governor in Council.
The act by which the Lieutenant Governor brings a session of the Legislative Assembly to an end. This is different from dissolution which terminates a parliament. Prorogation is more like the suspension of parliament. Unfinished business dies, unless carried over to the next session by a motion that it remain on the order paper in the next session.
A prorogation is the period between two sessions of a legislative body. When a legislature or parliament is prorogued, it is still constituted (that is, all members remain as members and a general election is not necessary), but all orders of the body (bills, motions, etc.) are expunged. (In the British parliament, this has now changed somewhat in that Public Bills can be carried over from one session to another.)
