To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate.

To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day.

To halt a meeting temporarily.

to close or end a meeting or session

(WCB) To put off or suspend until a future time, without making any findings.

To suspend until a later stated time.

close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"

break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

The termination of a session or meeting for the day, with the hour and day of the next session being set prior to adjournment.

To end the daily proceedings.

To postpone a court sitting, or any meeting, to another date and/or location.

To delay the hearing of a proceeding to a subsequent date.

to suspend a session to another time or place or indefinitely

A motion to adjourn in the Senate (or a committee) ends that day's session. Under the Constitution, neither chamber may adjourn for more than three days without the approval of the other. Such approval is obtained in a concurrent resolution approved by both chambers. An “Adjournment Sine Die” is the end of a legislative session "without day." These adjournments are used to indicate the final adjournment of an annual or the two-year session of a Congress.

To close a legislative day. Related definitions: Adjournment

End the meeting. A motion to adjourn takes precedence over all other motions. The motion to adjourn can not be debated or amended, and must be voted on immediately.

postpone (a hearing of a case in court).

To end a sitting day.

To put off a court hearing for another day or time.

To end a legislative session, a day's session or a committee meeting.

The Workers' Compensation Board WCLJ can put off or suspend until a future time, without making any findings.

To put something off to another time eg: if a court case cannot proceed when in comes before the court, it may be adjourned to a later date• Civil Courts• Criminal Courts

To suspend a court hearing to a future specified day or indefinitely.

An action to discontinue proceedings for the day; a privileged motion non-debatable, not subject to amendment, and requires for its adoption the assenting votes of a majority of the members present and voting.

Termination of a daily session.

end of daily legislative session

To postpone action of a convened court or body until another time. This time can be specified ("to a date certain") or indefinite.

to postpone a hearing

To end daily session.