Prorogation

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  • n. 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.
  • n. The action of proroging an assembly.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of counting in duration; prolongation.
  • n. The act of proroguing; the ending of the session of Parliament, and postponing of its business, by the command of the sovereign.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of continuing, prolonging, or protracting; continuance in time or duration; a lengthening out to a distant time; prolongation; the delaying of action upon anything.
  • n. The act of proroguing; more specifically, the right which belongs to the British crown, exercised by its ministers, of terminating a session of Parliament; also, the exercise of that right.
  • n. In astral., the exercise of the office of prorogator.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    discontinuation    discontinuance   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    prolongation   
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