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Law. To adjourn, prorogue, put off. (esp. Scottish).
Scottish. transitive. To remand (a person) for justice, or put off (a matter in litigation) to another day; to adjourn. Cf. jorn, v. Obsolete.
transitive. To remit (a person) to a court or judge, esp. for a second or further time; to refer for retrial. Cf. resplait, v.