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Use "adjournments" in a sentence
"The "overwhelming majority" have been settled using a method known as "adjournments in contemplation of dismissal" - where the person arrested is not required to plead guilty but agrees to avoid rearrest for six months, Manhattan district attorney office officials said."
"The speakers at the demonstration alleged that the seeking of the adjournments was a ploy to prolong the cases so that she could try and return to power before a verdict was pronounced."
"Nor does the hearing necessarily occur at the first court date- adjournments from both sides trying to gather evidence for and against the order are common."