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Adjournment
The postponement of a hearing to a later date.
Detailed Meaning
An adjournment defers a scheduled hearing to a subsequent date, granted at the court's discretion on a showing of sufficient cause. Repeated or unexplained adjournment requests are increasingly discouraged by courts seeking to reduce case pendency.
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