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prorogation

[proh-ruh-gay-shuhn] / ˌproʊ rəˈgeɪ ʃən /




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Joanna Cherry QC, the SNP MP who brought the prorogation case against Boris Johnson's government last year, said Lord Reed was "very polite, very courteous but very exacting".

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2020

As a remedy, the Supreme Court declared the whole prorogation null and void.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 26, 2019

The domestic abuse bill was dropped as a result of prorogation, along with several others.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2019

Internet users zeroed in on the spider attached to her chest on Tuesday as she read the decision tearing down Mr. Johnson’s prorogation decision.

From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2019

Such were the circumstances under which the prorogation of the 13th of August, 1873, took place.

From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by John Charles Dent


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