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prorogation
休會
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pro·ro·ga·tion
n.
1.
The
act
of
counting
in
duration
;
prolongation
. [
Obs
.]
2.
The
act
of
proroguing
;
the
ending
of
the
session
of
Parliament
,
and
postponing
of
its
business
,
by
the
command
of
the
sovereign
. [
Eng
.]
Note:
☞
After
an
adjournment
all
things
continue
as
they
were
at
the
adjournment
;
whereas
,
after
a
prorogation
,
bill
introduced
and
nut
passed
are
as
if
they
had
never
been
begun
at
all
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
prorogation
n
:
discontinuing
the
meetings
(
of
a
legislative
body
)
without
dissolving
it
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