What is 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 for an interval. If the adjournment is final, it is said to be sine die. In the civil law . A calling into court; a summoning at an appointed time. Du Cange