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  • ADJOURN
    To put off; defer; postpone. To postpone action of a convened court or body until another time specified, or indefinitely, the latter being usually called to adjourn sine die. Bispham v. Tucker, 2 N. J. Law, 253. The primary signification of the term "adjourn" is to put off or defer More...
  • ADJOURNAL
    A term applied in Scotch law and practice to the records of the criminal courts. The original records of criminal trials were called "bukis of adiornale," or "books of adjournal," few of which are now extant. An "act of adjournal" is an order of the court of justiciary entered on More...
  • ADJOURNATUR
    L. Lat. It is adjourned. A word with which the old reports very frequently conclude a case. 1 Ld. Raym. 602; 1 Show. 7; 1 Leon. 88.
  • ADJOURNED SUMMONS
    A summons taken out in the chambers of a judge, and afterwards taken into court to be argued by counsel.
  • ADJOURNED TERM
    In practice. A continuance, by adjournment, of a regular term. Harris v. Gest 4 Ohio St. 473; Kings-ley v. Bagby, 2 Kan. App. 23, 41 Pac. 991. Distinguished from an "additional term," which is a distinct term. Id. An adjourned term is a continuation of a previous or regular term; More...
  • ADJOURNMENT
    A putting off or postponing of business or of a session until another time or place; the act of a court, legislative body, public meeting, or officer, by which the session or assembly is dissolved, either temporarily or finally, and the business in hand dismissed from consideration, either definitely or More...
  • ADJUDGE
    To pass upon judicially; to decide, settle, or decree; to sentence or condemn. Webb v. Bidwell, 15 Minn. 479, (GiL 394;) Western Assur. Co. v. Klein, 48 Neb. 904, 67 N. W. 873; Blaufus v. People, 69 N. Y. 107, 25 Am. Rep. 148. Compare Edwards v. Hellings, 99 Cal. More...
  • ADJUDICATAIRE
    In Canadian law. A purchaser at a sheriffs sale. See 1 Low. Can. 241; 10 Low. Can. 325.
  • ADJUDICATE
    To settle in the exercise of judicial authority. To determine finally. Synonymous with adjudge in its strictest sense. United States v. Irwin, 127 U. S. 125, 8 Sup. Ct 1033, 32 L. Ed. 99; Street v. Benner, 20 Fla. 700; Sans v. New York, 31 Misc. Rep. 559, 64 N. More...
  • ADJUDICATEE
    In French and civil law. The purchaser at a judicial sale. Brent v. New Orleans, 41 La. Ann. 1098, 6 South. 793.
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