- adjourned term
- A period or session of court which is merely the continuance or prolongation ofa regular term, so that in reality there is no more than one term. Harris v Gest, 4 Ohio St 469, 473.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
adjourned term
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