Associations to the word «Prorogation»

Wiktionary

PROROGATION, noun. (politics) The period between two sessions of a legislative body. When a legislature or parliament is prorogued, it is still constituted (that is, all members remain as members and a general election is not necessary), but all orders of the body (bills, motions, etc.) are expunged.
PROROGATION, noun. The action of proroging an assembly.

Dictionary definition

PROROGATION, noun. Discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it.

Wise words

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery