Vocabulary Word
Word: adjourn
Definition: suspend until a later time; move from one place to another
Definition: suspend until a later time; move from one place to another
Sentences Containing 'adjourn'
For instance, in the case already mentioned; they never desire to know what claim or title my adversary has to my cow; but whether the said cow were red or black; her horns long or short; whether the field I graze her in be round or square; whether she was milked at home or abroad; what diseases she is subject to, and the like; after which they consult precedents, adjourn the cause from time to time, and in ten, twenty, or thirty years, come to an issue.
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