unconvene

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verb

To disband a group that has been convened.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

verbunconvene (third-person singular simple present unconvenes, present participle unconvening, simple past and past participle unconvened)

present singular third person unconvenes · participle present unconvening · participle past unconvened · past unconvened

  1. To disband a group that has been convened.

    You heard me, Judge. We're not going to reconvene, because we're not going to unconvene.

    2003, Rose Connors, Temporary Sanity, →ISBN, page 270
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    Thus, unless one argues that the circuit court has no power to unconvene an en banc court, that there is no accepted procedure for doing so is not a bar ...

    1978, Kent S. Bernard, “Certified Questions in the Supreme Court: In Defense of an Option”, in Dick. L. Rev

    The convention, convened in 1993, was unconvened in 1996 after the NLD delegates walked out of the process, labeling it a sham designed to legitimize the military's role in Myanmar politics.

    2006 October 13, Tin Kyi, “Burma Related News - Oct 12, 2006.”, in soc.culture.burma (Usenet)

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APA

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Chicago

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