Definition of adjournment
1 : the act of adjourning adjournment of a meeting
2 : the state or interval of being adjourned a brief adjournment
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The adjournment is set for midnight Wednesday, but lawmakers will continue working in the coming weeks in special session in an attempt to pass the state budget before the end of the fiscal year on June 30.
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But as the General Assembly's adjournment date nears, the bill likely won't move through the legislature, said state Rep. Carol Sente, D-Vernon Hills.
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15th Century
First Known Use of adjournment
15th century
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