Sentence examples for adjournment and from inspiring English sources

We must act immediately we are told before adjournment and before the elections.

The judge refused the CPS an adjournment and in the absence of any evidence, the case was dismissed.

A Women's Club in Westchester presented a resolution a few minutes before the hour of adjournment, and there wasn't time to submit it to a secret, written ballot.

The actor's lawyers asked for a six-week adjournment and the case will now be heard at the same court on 30 April.

Every time a prosecutor stood before a judge in Browder's case, requested a one-week adjournment, and got six weeks instead, this counted as only one week against the six-month deadline.

And after Mrs. Clinton spoke and insisted that the South China Sea was an area where America had "a national interest" in "freedom of navigation," the Chinese foreign minister asked for a brief adjournment and then weighed in.

"We figured if the public had access to these hearings they would see that nothing went on except multiple adjournments and delay".

In the end, Congress decided on Hayes after days of adjournments and filibusters, amid such bad feeling that Hayes was sworn in in private on a Saturday.

The next three months brought a series of missed court dates, adjournments and orders to show cause filed by Ms. Jones, court documents show.

The trial itself can take two years to complete due to frequent adjournments, and even after it has concluded, remandees can expect to wait another 12 months before judgment is handed down.

DAVID N. SCHWARTZ New York, April 16, 2013 To the Editor: Douglas G. Rankin, a defense lawyer, argues that his interminable requests for adjournments and tardiness are caused by an overwhelming demand for his services.