prorogate
[verb]
Synonyms: adjourn, dissolve, prorogue, recess, rise, terminate

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prorogate verb trans. ['prǝʊrǝ(ʊ)geɪt] Chiefly Scot. LME.
[Latin prorogat- pa. ppl stem of prorogare PROROGUE: see -ATE³.]
1. Orig., = PROROGUE 1. Now chiefly (Scots Law), extend the period of (a lease). LME.

2. = PROROGUE 2, 3. M16.

3. Scots Law. Extend (the jurisdiction of a judge or court) by consent of the parties to a cause which would otherwise be outside the judge's or the court's jurisdiction. Cf. PROROGATION 4b. E17.

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