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What is a prorogation?

What is a prorogation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (politics) The period between two sessions of a legislative body. When a legislature or parliament is prorogued, it is still constituted (that is, all members remain as members and a general election is not necessary), but all orders of the body (bills, motions, etc.) are expunged.
  2. The action of proroging an assembly.
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Those two bills each died on the order paper upon the prorogation of Parliament.
There remains for consideration the prorogation of Parliament on the 13th of August.
What has been done in most cases has been simply to select the first page of them showing the date of assent, preceded, of course, by the prorogation.
If they want to talk about obstructionist behaviour, I would like to talk about prorogation.
The armistice was about to expire and the Journal Officiel did not speak of a prorogation.
The proposed rules on applicable law and prorogation are limited to divorce and legal separation and do not apply to marriage annulment.

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