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recess

recess (ree-ses), n. 1. A brief break in judicial proceedings (the court granted a fifteen-minute recess so the attorney and plaintiff could confer). Cf. CONTINUANCE(3). [Cases: Criminal Law 649; Trial 26. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1155; Trial§ 113.] 2. Parliamentary law. A motion that suspends but does not end a meeting, and that usu. provides

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rise

rise, vb. 1. (Of a court) to adjourn finally at the end of a term. 2. (Of spectators and participants in a courtroom) to stand when the judge enters or exits. 3. (Of a court) to take a recess or temporary break, as at the end of a day. 4. Parliamentary law. (Of a special

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quietus

quietus (kwI-ee-t[schwa]s), adj. [Law Latin] Quit; acquitted; discharged, esp. from a debt or obligation, or from serving as an executor. • In England, this term was formerly used by the Clerk of the Pipe, in a discharge given to an accountant, usu. concluding with abinde recessit quietus (“hath gone quit thereof”), called quietus est. 2.

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