adjournment 的詞源

15世紀中葉， ajournement，"推遲或延期（法庭、議會等）的行爲"，源自古法語 ajornement "黎明，招喚（出庭）"，源自 ajorner（參見 adjourn），在英語中加入了不符合詞源學的 -d-，是基於對拉丁語起源的錯誤期望。

Adjournment is the act by which an assembly suspends its session in virtue of authority inherent in itself; it may be also the time or interval of such suspension. A recess is a customary suspension of business, as during the period of certain recognized or legal holidays .... Recess is also popularly used for a brief suspension of business for any reason: as, it was agreed that there be a recess of ten minutes. [Century Dictionary]

Adjournment 是一個集會根據其固有權威而暫停會議的行爲； 它也可以是這種暫停的時間或間隔。recess 是一種習慣性的業務暫停，比如在某些公認或法定假日期間.... Recess 也常用於因任何原因而短暫中斷業務：例如，同意進行十分鐘的 recess。[世紀詞典]