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  Adjournment sine die - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A court may also adjourn a matter sine die, which means the matter is stayed permanently.
This may be due to various reasons, for example if the case is started with a wrong procedure chosen the judge may adjourn the matter sine die so that the party may choose to start the action again with the correct procedure.
When a deposition, for example, is adjourned sine die, it means that no date has yet been set for its resumption, not that it will never be resumed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sine_die   (215 words)

  
 B-288581, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, November 19, 2001
Since there was no concurrent resolution providing for an adjournment sine die of the first session of the 104th Congress,[4] that session ended prior to noon, January 3, 1996, by operation of law.
One is to conclude that the holdover term expires upon the date the Congress adjourns sine die, despite the inclusion of recall authority in the concurrent resolution.
Adjournment sine die literally means adjournment without day, a reference to the fact that the Houses are adjourning until the next session of Congress and not to a specified date within the current session of Congress.
www.gao.gov /decisions/appro/288581.htm   (1833 words)

  
 MEMORANDUM FOR JANET RENO ATTORNEY GENERAL
This understanding--that Congress' subpoena power inheres in and is ancillary to its power to legislate--leads logically to the conclusion that the legal obligation to comply with a congressional subpoena lapses upon the cessation of Congress' authority to legislate.
This passage confirms the view that in the earlier passage Jefferson was relying upon Parliamentary rules to develop rules applicable to both houses of Congress because it shows that he did not hesitate to point out cases where a rule applied to only one house of the legislature in particular.
Our conclusion that Congress' constitutional authority to coerce by subpoena the tendering of requested information lapses upon an adjournment sine die is not intended to call into question the Executive branch's longstanding practice of responding voluntarily to information requests from congressional committees (whether by letter or subpoena) during adjournment sine die periods.
www.usdoj.gov /olc/sine.htm   (2915 words)

  
 Questions & Answers: Go hence without day
It means that a date has not been set for resuming a hearing or calling another meeting, and it can refer either to an indefinite postponement or a permanent abandonment of proceedings.
If a meeting is adjourned sine die or without day it can mean either that a date for resumption will be set later, or that you shouldn’t live in hope of another one, ever.
He confirmed this was the explanation and also told me that both sine die and without day are used in American legislative and judicial practice.
www.worldwidewords.org /qa/qa-goh1.htm   (407 words)

  
 Legal Definition of Sine Die
A judgment for a defendant in many cases is quod eat sine die, that he may go without day.
While the cause is pending and undeter-mined, it may be continued from term to term by dies datus.
When the court or other body rise at the end of a session or term they adjourn sine die.
www.lectlaw.com /def2/s049.htm   (181 words)

  
 rediff.com: Parliament adjourned sine die
He said the Congress had behaved as a responsible Opposition and helped the government clear financial business but regretted the speaker's decision to adjourn the House sine die without a discussion on the issue, and said the Congress would raise this inside and outside the House.
Rashtriya Janata Dal member Raghuvansh Prasad Singh said he wanted to raise an adjournment motion on the issue, and charged the government with avoiding a JPC as it was involved in the scam.
The Rajya Sabha was also adjourned sine die ahead of schedule to enable members to participate in the state assembly elections in May.
www.rediff.com /news/2001/apr/27ls.htm   (673 words)

  
 AP Assembly adjourns sine die
AP Assembly adjourns sine die amidst uproarious scenes
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly was adjourned sine die on Tuesday after the Appropriation Bills were adopted amidst uproarious scenes.
Speaking to newsmen after the Assembly was adjourned sine die, Rosaiah said the Appropriation Bills had to be passed by the Assembly without the customary debate since the opposition parties had stalled the proceedings about an issue on which a discussion was allowed on Monday after Home Minister K Jana Reddy made a suo motu statement.
www.rediff.com /news/2006/mar/28ap.htm   (735 words)

  
 U.S. Senate: Reference Home > Glossary > Adjournment Sine Die
Adjournment Sine Die - The end of a legislative session "without day." These adjournments are used to indicate the final adjournment of an annual or the two-year session of a Congress.
Congressional Sessions lists all Congresses and corresponding years - from 1789, when the 1st Congress met, through the current 109th Congress.
For information on the Senate, Congress, the legislative process and the federal government, the Virtual Reference Desk is a good place to begin.
www.senate.gov /reference/glossary_term/adjournment_sine_die.htm   (125 words)

  
 The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh News : Assembly adjourned sine die amid uproar
The nine-day-long winter session of the Assembly was adjourned sine die by the Speaker, K. Suresh Reddy, amid uproarious scenes as Telugu Desam Party members stalled the proceedings and raised slogans on the irrigation tenders imbroglio today.
As the uproar continued in spite of his appeals, the Speaker read out statistics relating to the session and adjourned the House sine die.
Talking to reporters, the Leader of the Opposition, N. Chandrababu Naidu, accused the Government of not showing respect to the Assembly and adopting a `stubborn attitude' by failing to reply to the issues raised by the Opposition.
www.hindu.com /2004/12/18/stories/2004121802950600.htm   (450 words)

  
 WIBW | School Help Sought from Sine Die   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Kansas lawmakers return to the statehouse Thursday for sine die.
Mathes has been among those calling and emailing lawmakers, urging them to use sine die to not only end the session but to end the stalemate over the school funding debate.
That many members may not even show up for sine die.
www.wibw.com /news/headlines/797082.html   (419 words)

  
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Dubbin, the House of Representatives adjourned at 7:32 p.m.
sine die." Since this session was of the constitutional House, their failure to "stand" in their adjournment sine die meant that the body was finished with all business and was no more, leaving the administrative government to act in its place.
Quod eat sine die, that he go without day; the old form of a judgment for the defendant, i.
home.earthlink.net /~walterk1/Patr/Fla/FlaSineDie.html   (684 words)

  
 Sine Die OML - Product/Services Oklahoma Municipal League
Sine Die OML - Product/Services Oklahoma Municipal League
This publication sometimes called the Sine Die and other times called The Interim or Final Legislative Report is an annual report produced by the OML legislative department with input from the legal department of state legislative activity.
Download 2004 Sine Die MS Word document here
www.oml.org /psps/psitem.cfm?psid=76   (220 words)

  
 Sine Die
Hooking up with the adventurous West German JMT label in 1985, he and his co-conspirators got their chance to document their emergent ideas on Coleman-led recordings like Motherland Pulse, On The Edge Of Tomorrow, and World Expansion.
Steve also produced the previous two albums as well as his first major label recording on Pangaea, Sine die.
Gene Santoro said in The Nation, ìAs they range from the swaggering to the subtle...the Brooklyn-based crew that includes altoists Steve Coleman and Greg Osby, keyboardist Geri Allen, and trombonist Robin Eubanks (is) mapping some of the main lines for this generation's musical growth, much as the AACM did twenty years agoî.
www.m-base.com /sinedie.html   (536 words)

  
 SenateKids
Session - a term or number of days that the Legislature is in meetings, including the Interim.
Sine Die - Latin for "without another day." Final adjournment of a regular or special session of the legislature
Speaker - serves as the presiding officer of the House of Representatives
www.senate.state.tx.us /kids/Glossary.htm   (906 words)

  
 CD Review: Steve Coleman, Sine Die
Sine Die is a perfect example of what the M-Base movement is all about.
M-Base stands for Macro Basic Array of Structured Extemporizations, indicating that the style is a meld of many different influences from the african-american traditions, including jazz, funk and hip-hop.
All of the musicians on Sine Die are accomplished straight-ahead jazz players, even though there is not even one standard jazz "lick" on the entire CD.
www.saxophone.org /sc1.html   (868 words)

  
 The Austin Chronicle News: On the Lege: Sine no die
The second called special session of the 78th Legislature came to an end this week, not with a bang but a series of whimpers.
The official end came Tuesday morning, when the House and Senate adjourned sine die after a few minutes of nonbusiness, and the Republicans and Democrats immediately returned to the more pressing media wars.
David Dewhurst, flanked by Republican senators, told reporters he remains disappointed that the absent Senate Democrats, aka the Texas 11, "weren't here to do the work we're required to do" -- that is, congressional redistricting.
www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2003-08-29/pols_lege.html   (574 words)

  
 India News : Vice-Chancellor closes Lucknow University sine die   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Lucknow, Expressing his inability to control the law and order situation in Lucknow University, Vice Chancellor R P Singh declared the campus and its seven associated colleges closed sine die, besides cancelling the December 16 student union polls.
All hostellers are directed to vacate the hostel with in 24 hours," said Singh.
Singh also said that one of the reasons for closing the university sine die was the fact that student leaders and their associates were being provided with armed government guards and arms licenses and allowed to roam freely on the campus.
www.keralanext.com /news/?id=915287   (411 words)

  
 The 2005 OML Legislative Report, Sine Die, is now available for downloading - News Legislative Hot Topics Oklahoma ...
The 2005 OML Legislative Report, Sine Die, is now available for downloading
to download or view the Front pages and Table of Contents for the Sine Die report for 2005.
Click here to download or view the main Sine Die report document for 2005.
www.oml.org /npps/story.cfm?ID=521   (64 words)

  
 Jan. 3, Sine Die   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Governing Body of the City of Cheyenne met in "Sine Die" session on this date at 6:30 p.m.
Following the pledge of allegiance, Mayor Spiker advised the purpose of the "Sine Die" session was to administratively recognize outgoing City Council members.
in the Civic Center, and there being no further business for the "Sine Die" session, the meeting was officially adjourned at 6:45 p.m.
www.cheyennecity.org /jan__3,_sine_die.htm   (408 words)

  
 Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Sine Die (Latin).
Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Sine Die (Latin).
No time being fixed; indefinitely in regard to time.
When a proposal is deferred sine die, it is deferred without fixing a day for its reconsideration, which is virtually “for ever.”
www.bartleby.com /81/15403.html   (73 words)

  
 Minister blames Oppn for sine die adjournment : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
REACTING TO the Congress leaders’ statements and charges against the Speaker and the State Government on the adjournment of House sine die, the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Narottam Mishra said here today
that the monsoon session of the State Assembly was adjourned sine die due to the Opposition’s non-cooperation, as it kept on insisting on the House proceedings being conducted in violation of business conduct rules.
Narrating the events that forced the Speaker Ishwar Das Rohani to adjourn the House sine die, Mishra said in an official release, the Opposition disrupted the question hour for two days.
www.hindustantimes.com /2005/Aug/07/5922_1454487,0015002100000002.htm   (397 words)

  
 Texas Legislature Observed Blog: Sine Die and Frank Madla
This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
It's Sine Die, the 140th day of the session, when the Lege adjourns indefinitely and rolls out of town.
Right now, the Senate is nominating Frank Madla to serve as president pro-temp of the Senate.
www.texaslegislatureobserved.com /2005/05/sine-die-and-frank-madla.html   (266 words)

  
 The Hindu : National : Houses adjourn sine die
The Hindu : National : Houses adjourn sine die
NEW DELHI: Both Houses of Parliament adjourned sine die on Tuesday after a short 10-day session.
While the Rajya Sabha adjourned as per schedule, frequent disruptions in the Lok Sabha by the Bharatiya Janata Party saw the House adjourning in the afternoon itself.
www.hindu.com /2006/05/24/stories/2006052407271200.htm   (351 words)

  
 Sine Die
E agora, se retomo a ideia, é já em novos moldes, porque vários colaboradores do “sine die”trataram já a questão em termos coincidentes com as críticas que eu queria fazer e, porventura, até de uma forma mais profunda e ilustrada do que eu o saberia fazer.
Entro já um pouco tarde na discussão sobre o "procurador especial", mas gostaria de ainda tecer breves comentários, corroborando na generalidade o que foi anteriormente dito pelos outros membros do Sine Die.
O Sine Die fez 1 ano a semana passada.
blogsinedie.blogspot.com   (9631 words)

  
 LAHORE: Afridi's appeal adjourned sine die -DAWN - Local; 19 March, 2004
LAHORE: Afridi's appeal adjourned sine die -DAWN - Local; 19 March, 2004
LAHORE, March 18: The Lahore High Court on Thursday adjourned sine die the appeal of Rehmat Shah Afridi, editor-in-chief of The Frontier Post, against his death sentence.
The appeal was listed for hearing before a special division bench comprising Justices Syed Tasadaq Husain Jilani and Mohammad Saeed Akhtar, but was left over when the court time ended.
www.dawn.com /2004/03/19/local22.htm   (263 words)

  
 Sine Die, For Real | jeffblaylock.com
The Texas Legislature adjourned sine die this afternoon, formally ending the 7th special session in two and a half years.
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www.jeffblaylock.com /southrim/2006/05/sine_die_for_re/index.php   (383 words)

  
 EAT INDE SINE DIE: Law Dictionary: Legal Law Network
Including information on EAT INDE SINE DIE Law Dictionary, legal definitions, find law terminology in legal abbreviations, learn about definitions of legal jargon in our law dictionary.
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Words used on an acquittal, or when a prisoner is to be discharged, that he may go without day, that is, that he be dismissed.
www.legal-law-network.com /Law_Dictionary--EAT_INDE_SINE_DIE--1733.html   (109 words)

  
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I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea and at last wake up in Naples, and there besides me is the stern fact, the sad self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, philosopher and writer (1803-1882) sine die (SY-nee DY-ee, SIN-ay DEE-ay) adverb Without designating a future day for action or meeting; indefinitely.
The trial was adjourned sine die because no prosecutors were present." Asia: Enveloped, The Economist (London), Jan 20, 2001.
wordsmith.org /awad/archives/0901   (2478 words)

  
 Sine Die: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com
Sine Die: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more
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www.music.com /release/sine_die/1   (235 words)

  
 PinkDome - May 15, 2006 - Sine Die today?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
PinkDome - May 15, 2006 - Sine Die today?
We read on ITPT that the House may Sine Die today.
"Pinkdome, an Austin blog some of you may enjoy during this pre sine die"
pinkdome.com /archives/2006/05/sine_die_today.html   (255 words)

  
 Sine Die - shirt from Zazzle.com
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