prorogation

Example Sentences

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Bercow emphasised with evident glee that the item in the official journal of parliament relating to the prorogation had been “exxxxpunged”.

From The Guardian • Sep. 28, 2019

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

From The New Yorker • Sep. 26, 2019

Justices unanimously ruled the prorogation was "of no effect".

From BBC • Sep. 24, 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

But as soon as the majority became aware that some of the more colourless Bishops of the middle party were working for the prorogation of the Council, they resolved to be beforehand with them.

From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von