The word 'adjourning' is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used in legal or parliamentary contexts to describe the act of temporarily suspending a meeting, trial or session. Example: "The court announced that they would be adjourning the trial until the following day due to new evidence being presented by the defense."
Before adjourning for sentencing, Judge Timothy Pontius said: "I emphasise very firmly that the fact I'm releasing you on bail should not serve as any sort of indication of what the sentence will be".
But if you were thinking that five-a-side is just an excuse for unfit middle-aged people to have a quick kickabout before adjourning to the pub, then an editorial in this month's British Journal of Sports Medicine brings interesting news.
After the war, the Washington Conference (1921 22)—before adjourning early reached disarmament, arms-limitation, and arms-control agreements aimed at halting the naval arms race between the world's leading powers.
Congress must assemble at least once a year and must agree on the date for convening and adjourning.
The government responded by adjourning Parliament for four months without allowing the vote to take place.
At the latest hearing at Westminster Magistrates Courtt on Friday, a judge ruled that the High Court was the "most appropriate venue" to resolve the dispute, the Sunday Times reported, adjourning the LTDA's criminal proceedings so that a civil case could be launched.
Adjourning sentencing until next month, the judge told Sharp: "There is only one sentence I can impose upon you for this offence, as you well know.
Later, adjourning to the pub, the sportsmen swapped stories of the day's adventure, comparing what they'd shot and how they'd shot and what they'd missed — a camaraderie such as he was not used to.
Talk: Visit to the Court of General Sessions as Judge James Garret Wallace was starting in on the task of passing or adjourning sentence on 42 felons, an assignment he finished in two hours and 11 minutes.
"You know, I was getting disappointed," he said, by way of adjourning.
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