regular session
A session that takes place at fixed intervals or specified times.
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special session
A legislative session, usu. called by the executive, that meets outside its regular term to consider a specific issue or to reduce backlog. — Also termed extra session; extraordinary session. [Cases: States 32. C.J.S. States §§ 48–50.]
adjourn
adjourn ([schwa]-j[schwa]rn), vb. Parliamentary law. To end or postpone (a proceeding). Cf. RECESS(2). “A motion to recess suspends the current meeting until a later time; the unqualified motion to adjourn terminates the meeting. When an assembly reconvenes following a recess, it resumes the meeting at the point where it was interrupted by the motion to
part performance doctrine
part-performance doctrine. The equitable principle by which a failure to comply with the statute of frauds is overcome by a party’s execution, in reliance on an opposing party’s oral promise, of an oral contract’s requirements. — Sometimes shortened to part performance. See part performance under PERFORMANCE. [Cases: Frauds, Statute of 129.] “Part performance is not
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legislative council
legislative council. 1. A state agency that studies legislative problems and plans legislative strategy between regular legislative sessions. 2. In some English-speaking jurisdictions, the upper house of a legislature (corresponding to an American senate). 3. In some English-speaking jurisdictions, the lower house of a legislature (corresponding to an American House of Representatives).
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