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| − | The end of a [[legislative session]] | + | The end of a [[legislative session]] (''without day'', the English translation of the Latin phrase ''sine die''). These [[adjourn]]ments are used to indicate the final adjournment of an annual, biennial, or the two-year session of a legislative ses sion. For [[Congress]], the term refers to the adjournment of an annual or two-year legislative session.<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/adjournment_sine_die.htm] US Senate Reference</ref> In state legislatures that meet only every two years, such as Texas, it refers to adjournment until the next session nearly two years later. |
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Latest revision as of 13:04, September 26, 2018
The end of a legislative session (without day, the English translation of the Latin phrase sine die). These adjournments are used to indicate the final adjournment of an annual, biennial, or the two-year session of a legislative ses sion. For Congress, the term refers to the adjournment of an annual or two-year legislative session.[1] In state legislatures that meet only every two years, such as Texas, it refers to adjournment until the next session nearly two years later.