Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In astral., the exercise of the office of prorogator.
- noun The act of continuing, prolonging, or protracting; continuance in time or duration; a lengthening out to a distant time; prolongation; the delaying of action upon anything.
- noun The act of proroguing; more specifically, the right which belongs to the British crown, exercised by its ministers, of terminating a session of Parliament; also, the exercise of that right.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of counting in duration; prolongation.
- noun engraving The act of proroguing; the ending of the session of Parliament, and postponing of its business, by the command of the sovereign.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun politics The period between two
sessions of alegislative body . When alegislature orparliament isprorogued , it is stillconstituted (that is, all members remain asmembers and ageneral election is not necessary), but all orders of the body (bills ,motions , etc.) areexpunged . - noun The action of
proroging an assembly.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it
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Examples
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The right-wing pundistas tell us at length why the burgeoning Facebook group opposed to prorogation is irrelevant.
Frogs in a pot 2010
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I second everything that TTF said, including that prorogation is a major problem that must be reformed.
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The right-wing pundistas tell us at length why the burgeoning Facebook group opposed to prorogation is irrelevant.
Archive 2010-01-01 2010
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This prorogation is in the kings power and is often done for ten dayes only to put a stop to heares and debates in the houses, and also to put an end to something that is not Lik'd by ye government.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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Well, as Prime Minister, when he feels Parliment (same as your congress) is disjoined he can call a prorogation, a prorogation is a closing of Parliment (congress).
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Well, as Prime Minister, when he feels Parliment (same as your congress) is disjoined he can call a prorogation, a prorogation is a closing of Parliment (congress).
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Well, as Prime Minister, when he feels Parliment (same as your congress) is disjoined he can call a prorogation, a prorogation is a closing of Parliment (congress).
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Roy MacGregor, while largely acknowledging that Stephen Harper seem to have little but contempt for Parliament, insists that no one but Parliament Hill reporters and opposition MPs much cares about prorogation, which is hard to pronounce and just plain boooooring.
Why have a Parliament anyway? the rev. paperboy 2010
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Roy MacGregor, while largely acknowledging that Stephen Harper seem to have little but contempt for Parliament, insists that no one but Parliament Hill reporters and opposition MPs much cares about prorogation, which is hard to pronounce and just plain boooooring.
Archive 2010-01-01 Edstock 2010
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The states-general of the League did not appear again; their prorogation was their death.
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 1830
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