prorogation

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Joanna Cherry QC, the SNP MP who brought the prorogation case against Boris Johnson's government last year, said Lord Reed was "very polite, very courteous but very exacting".

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2020

Much like the unlawful prorogation, on the surface it’s not that odd to have a Queen’s Speech.

From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2019

As a remedy, the Supreme Court declared the whole prorogation null and void.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 26, 2019

Internet users zeroed in on the spider attached to her chest on Tuesday as she read the decision tearing down Mr. Johnson’s prorogation decision.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2019

He knew, moreover, that this Parliament, after sitting only a few days, had been summarily dismissed: for he had been also present at its prorogation.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne