In parliamentary procedure, an adjournment ends a meeting. A nolle prosequi acts as an indefinite adjournment to the case, not an acquittal. In the week following the adjournment, the court began hearing on the defendant's bail plea. Both bills died upon adjournment of the Oregon Judiciary Committee. With the adjournment of the Senate session on January 2, 2013, the nomination expired. In deliberative assemblies, an adjournment ends a meeting. The Adjournment Motion was subsequently rejected with a voice vote. The adjournment of Parliament gave them, they thought, until February 1605 to finalise their plans. What exactly constitutes an adjournment for the purposes of the pocket veto has been unclear. The Anglophone delegates requested an adjournment to discuss matters. Sometimes the line between a recess and an adjournment can be fine. The bill has died with the adjournment of 111th Congress. I think a vote on adjournment is a vote on the merits. After adjournment on 8 December, work began on preparations for the sessions scheduled for 1963. Following an adjournment, the case was not heard until 7 February 1772.