1. 1 day ago · The Legislature can Adjourn with a simple majority vote, but reconvening for a special session requires support from a majority of all the caucuses, so …

2. Adjourn (v.) mid-14c., ajournen, "assign a day, fix a day" (for convening or reconvening of an organized body), from Old French ajorner (12c.) "meet" (at an appointed time), from the phrase à jorn "to another day, to a (stated) day," from à "to" (see ad-) + journ "day," from Latin diurnus "daily," from dies "day," from PIE root *dyeu-"to shine." The notion is of setting a date for re-meeting.