adjourned
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Area Coroner for Teesside and Hartlepool Paul Appleton opened and adjourned their inquests at Teesside Coroner's Court in short, consecutive hearings.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The court adjourned until August 27 to check whether the tests "correspond to Diego Armando Maradona or someone else," presiding judge Alberto Gaig said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The case was adjourned until the end of August when the woman is due to be sentenced.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The members adjourned without a vote to continue negotiations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
After one particularly grisly stretch of Dr. Scott’s testimony, Holmes stood and said, “I would ask that the Court be adjourned for sufficient time for lunch.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
