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 […]