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.

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

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: hold back to a later time
  Synonyms: postpone, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off

Meaning #2: adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body

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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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