adjournment

Example Sentences

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The most recent request for an adjournment of a scheduled status conference came in September.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Judge Watson said he was satisfied passing sentence in the absence of the defendant, noting an adjournment was not likely to compel him to attend court.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025

Boasberg adjourned the hearing so Ensign could gather more information—and the government evidently exploited this adjournment to dispatch the two planes.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2025

Granting an adjournment application by Mrs Donaldson's lawyer, Judge Paul Ramsey said he will review the situation on 16 May.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

During the Christmas adjournment in i960,1 learned that Mak- gatho was ill in the Transkei where he was at school and I violated my banning orders and went down to see him.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela