prorogue
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And she used withering language to describe the effect of the court’s ruling on the formal order to prorogue.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2019
The hearing in the Supreme Court stems from Johnson’s decision to ask Queen Elizabeth to prorogue, or suspend, parliament from Sept. 10 to Oct.
From Reuters ● Sep. 19, 2019
The Court of Session heard that the prime minister was sent a note on 15 August asking if he wanted to prorogue parliament from mid-September.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2019
These are from my colleague Severin Carrell, who has been covering the legal challenge in Edinburgh to the government’s decision to prorogue parliament for five weeks from next week.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2019
The king was given no power to prorogue or to dissolve the legislative chamber, and without the assent of that body no proclamation of war, and no treaty, was valid.
From The Governments of Europe by Ogg, Frederic Austin
While the Liberal Party holds its internal contest, parliament is prorogued until March 24.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025
Parliament was in session but was prorogued on Monday through a government notification uploaded on its website.
From Reuters ● Jul. 4, 2023
Parliament was formally suspended, or prorogued, on Thursday in a tradition-steeped ceremony involving ermine-draped members of the House of Lords and an official proclaiming “the queen wills it” in Norman French.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
When Lady Brenda Hale delivered her withering assessment that "Parliament has not been prorogued", Boris Johnson was 3,500 miles away watching the judgement from the Westin Hotel in Times Square, New York City.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2020
On December 19 it was prorogued, and on June 15, 1767, was suspended by act of parliament.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
One Labour MP attempted to physically restrain the Speaker, John Bercow, from proroguing parliament by lying across him.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 10, 2019
The official term for shutting down Parliament is "proroguing".
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2019
Johnson claimed that proroguing Parliament was just an efficient way to get the government organized regarding its domestic agenda, such as new plans for the National Health Service and strategies for fighting crime.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 30, 2019
So what exactly does the move, known as proroguing Parliament, actually mean for the government and the critical decision-making in the weeks leading up to the deadline?
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2019
The idea of holding Miss Brandon to this engagement, and proroguing her nuptials from day to day, to convenience the bridegroom—absent without explanation—was of course quite untenable.
From Wylder's Hand by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
Vocabulary lists containing prorogue
The Balcony Scene from "Romeo and Juliet"
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 2
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