adjournment

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She sent an email to the court saying she was "in fear" about attending court, claiming to have contracted Covid-19 and another unnamed virus, and asking for an adjournment.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

The most recent request for an adjournment of a scheduled status conference came in September.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Following an adjournment in March, the inquest into Danan's death resumed earlier at Avon Coroner's Court in Flax Bourton before assistant coroner Deborah Rookes.

From BBC • May 28, 2025

Boasberg adjourned the hearing so Ensign could gather more information—and the government evidently exploited this adjournment to dispatch the two planes.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2025

It was a nine-and-a-half-hour marathon in which Fischer, even though a pawn ahead, had a difficult position right up to adjournment.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady