Category:Prorogation

Pro`ro*ga"tion, n. Etym: [l. prorogatio: cf. F. prorogation.]

1. The act of counting in duration; prolongation. [obs.] South.

2. The act of proroguing; the ending of the session of parliament, And postponing of its business, by the command of the sovereign. [eng.]

Note: after an adjournment all things continue as they were at the Adjournment; whereas, after a prorogation, bill introduced and nut Passed are as if they had never been begun at all. Mozley & w.