prorogation noun. [prǝʊrǝ(ʊ)'geɪʃ(ǝ)n] LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin prorogatio(n-), formed as PROROGATE: see -ATION.]
1. The action of lengthening something in duration; extension of time; protraction, esp. of judicial proceedings. Now rare or obsolete exc. Scots Law. LME.

2. The action of proroguing a legislative or other assembly, esp. Parliament; an instance of this. L15.
b. transf. The time during which a legislative or other assembly, esp. Parliament, stands prorogued; the interval between successive sessions of such an assembly. M16.

3. The action of deferring to a later time; postponement. rare. L15-E18.

4. a. gen. Extension. rare. Only in E17.
b. Scots Law. The extension of the jurisdiction of a judge or court by consent of the parties to a cause which would otherwise be outside the judge's or court's jurisdiction. M19.

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