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Adjourned term

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Meaning of Adjourned term

A continuation of a previous or regular term. 4 Ohio St. 473; 22 Ala. (N. S.) 27. Gen. St. Mass. c. 112, § 26, provides for holding an adjourned law term from time to time.

What does Adjourned term mean in American Law?

The definition of Adjourned term in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

If a term of court is adjourned and then starts up again prior to the next regular term thereof, the continued portion is called an “adjourned term.” If the term has ended, but a new one is convened prior to the next regular term, that is usually called an “additional term.”

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Meaning of Adjourned Term

In this law dictionary, the legal term adjourned term is a kind of the Parliamentary law class.

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