sine die
Meaning. Without fixing a day; adjourned indefinitely.
A court, legislature or meeting adjourned sine die is adjourned without a date for resumption. Parliament and state legislatures are adjourned sine die by the presiding officer at the end of a session; this is different from prorogation, which is done by the President or Governor and ends the session formally.
A case adjourned sine die remains pending and can be revived on application or when the event the court was waiting for (such as the decision of a connected case) occurs.
Example
The Speaker adjourned the House sine die, and the President later prorogued it.
In Indian law
- Article 85, Constitution of India (sessions, prorogation and dissolution of Parliament)
See also
Read more in the study notes
- State under Article 12 and the meaning of 'other authorities' (Constitutional Law I)
- The Governor (Constitutional Law II)
- Intermediaries, blocking and interception (Cyber Law)
- Public debt: meaning, types, burden and methods of repayment (Economic Theory and Public Finance)
- Law and Lawyers: preparing for South Africa and Dada Abdulla's case (English)
- Intergenerational equity and the public trust doctrine (Environmental Law)