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Definition of Adjournments
1. adjournment [n] - See also: adjournment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adjournments
Literary usage of Adjournments
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1899)
"And from thence continued by adjournments to the Seventeenth of December, 1733.
Philadelphia : B. Franklin, 1733. 103-128 pp. F°. Anno Regni Georgii II. ..."
2. The Practice of Magistrates' Courts by Thomas William Saunders (1858)
"Upon the subject generally of adjournments, the justices, as before has been ...
adjournments, for how long a period.]—It has before been seen (ante, p. ..."
3. The Practice at Law, in Equity, and in Special Proceedings in All the Courts by William Wait (1874)
"Fixing time of hearing — Granting adjournments. to his decision in advance of
the delivery ... Granting adjournments. A referee has the same power to grant ..."
4. The New York Code of Civil Procedure: As it is January 1, 1913, with Notes by New York (State)., George Bliss, George Ansel Clement (1912)
"Subsequent adjournments. Justice may impose conditions upon adjournment. ...
Granting the plaintiff three adjournments after defendant has withdrawn from ..."
5. Hand Book on the Law of Evidence: A Concise Statement of the Rules in Civil by Charles Frederic Chamberlayne, Arthur Walker Blakemore, Dewitt Clinton Moore (1919)
"[Functions of Judicial Office] ; adjournments to Avoid Unwise Publicity, ...
adjournments may be made to places other than the courtroom, ..."
6. A century of printing. The issues of the press in Pennsylvania, 1685-1784 by Charles Swift R. Hildeburn (1885)
"El. by the Grace of God, [ of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, | Defender
of the Faith, &c. | And from thence continued by adjournments to the ..."