prorogation

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Prorogation, he added, was a procedural issue rather than a substantive government policy.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2019

Prorogation is when the Queen would end the current parliamentary session before a new one begins afterwards.

From BBC • May 30, 2019

Prorogation might succeed prorogation, and dissolution, but there would be a revolution in the country sooner than a change in the feelings of its inhabitants with regard to Chief Justice Sewell.

From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Roger, Charles

One thing everyone insists on is that Prorogation shall take place at end of July.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 13, 1891 by Various

But we have not yet mentioned the great crowning work of Ministers—the Queen’s speech on the Prorogation of the Parliament last week.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 16, 1841 by Various