prorogue

tr.v., -rogued, -rogu·ing, -rogues.

1. To discontinue a session of (a parliament, for example).
2. To postpone; defer.

[Middle English prorogen, from Old French proroguer, to postpone, from Latin prōrogāre : pro-, forward; see pro-¹ + rogāre, to ask.]

prorogation pro'ro·ga'tion n.

(pro-ROHG)

verb tr.
1. To discontinue a session of something, for example, a parliament.
2. To defer or to postpone.

Etymology
From French proroger (to adjourn), from Latin prorogare (to prolong or defer), from pro- (before) + rogare (to ask). Ultimately from the Indo-European root reg- (to move in a straight line, to lead or rule) that is also the source of regime, direct, rectangle, erect, rectum, alert, source, and surge

Usage
"Foreign Minister, Mangala Samaraweera told The Sunday Times, 'I did not go to Parliament since it was prorogued on May 6.'" — Manmohan to Meet Pillayan; The Sunday Times (Colombo, Sri Lanka); Jul 27, 2008.

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Prolonging or putting off to another day. The discontinuation or termination of a session of the legislature, parliament, or the like. In English law, a prorogation is the continuance of the parliament from one session to another, as an adjournment is a continuation of the session from day to day. In civil law, giving time to do a thing beyond the term previously fixed.

defer, postpone

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - hjemsende

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitstellen, verdagen

Français (French)
v. tr. - proroger

Deutsch (German)
v. - vertagen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διακόπτω (συνεδρίαση/εργασίες βουλής)

Italiano (Italian)
prorogare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - prorrogar

Русский (Russian)
объявлять перерыв в работе парламента

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - prorrogar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - hemförlova, prorogera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使休会

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使休會

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (특히 영국에서 의회를) 정회하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 停会にする, 停会になる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) أجل, أرجأ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הפסיק או נעל ישיבה‬

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