Meanings
present singular third person unconvenes · participle present unconvening · participle past unconvened · past unconvened
- 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 2702 more examples
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. RevThe 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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