† aˈdjournal Obs.
[f. prec. + -al2.]
Adjournment, respite, or postponement (of a sentence).
| 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 171 Ane act is made in court, quhereby he and his cautioner are oblished to assith and satisfie the partie within the space foresaid, quhilk is called ane act of Adjournall. 1620 Sanderson 35 Serm. (1681) I. 149 The removal or adjournal of temporal punishments, which otherwise had speedily overtaken them. 1829 Scott Hrt. Midl. i. 16 In the State Trials, or in the Books of Adjournal. |