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prorogate, v. Chiefly Sc.; now only Sc. Law.|ˈprəʊrəʊgeɪt|
Pa. pple. in Sc. also prorogate.
[f. ppl. stem of L. prōrogāre: see prorogue.]
†1. trans. = prorogue 1. Obs.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) IV. 193 In that he had prorogate his office by the space of v. yere. 1552Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 127 With power to thaim to prorogat thair decreit. 1607Earl Stirling Julius Cæsar Argt., He sent to the Senate to have his government of the Gaules prorogated for five years. 1685Sc. Acts Chas. II (1820) VIII. 460/1 The excise of Inland and forraign Commodities Granted to King Charles the Second..by the fourteenth act of the Parliament 1661..and prorogat by the eight act of þe Parliament 1681 for fyve yeares therafter. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xl. 332, I prorogate,..wyre-draw, and shift off the Time.
2. = prorogue 2, 3.
1569Reg. Privy Council Scot. II. 31 To prorogat the said day of thair meting. 1646Bp. Maxwell Burd. Issach. in Phenix (1708) II. 298 He gave order to prorogate it [the Assembly] to another and longer day. 1678Sir G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. ii. (1699) 290 The Council may prorogat also the Dyets appointed for Execution. 1828–40Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) I. 66 note, The day of assembling was afterwards prorogated to the 2nd of August. 1868Act 31 & 32 Vict. c. 100 §26 It shall not be competent of consent of parties to prorogate the time for complying with any statutory enactment.
3. Sc. and Civil Law. To extend (the jurisdiction of a judge or court) to a cause in which it would otherwise be incompetent: cf. prorogation 4 a.
1601J. Wheeler Treat. Comm. 25 All Ciuill causes,..arising betweene or among the brethren..who either may or will prorogate the Iurisdiction of the said Companie, and their court. 1678Sir G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. ii. (1699) 287 Custome had in this prorogat the power of inferior Judges. 1838W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. s.v. Prorogation of Jurisdiction, Where the proper jurisdiction of the judge is confined to causes amounting to a certain value, parties may prorogate the jurisdiction to causes above that value, unless the statute conferring the jurisdiction prohibits it.
¶4. pa. pple. prorogate, app. used for ‘called, summoned’. Obs. rare.
c1470Harding Chron. cxvii. i (MS. Arch Seld. B. 10), Edmonde Irneside..After Ethelrede his fadir was prorogate Vnto the Crowne of alle this roiale land.
Hence ˈprorogated ppl. a.
1645Rutherford Tryal & Tri. Faith xviii. (1845) 205 The standing and prorogated intercession and advocation of Jesus Christ..must have a daily use. 1773Erskine Inst. Law Scot. i. ii. §27 Prorogated jurisdiction is that which is, by the consent of parties, conferred on a judge, who, without such consent, would be incompetent. 1850Act 13 & 14 Vict. c. 36 §2 The original or prorogated period, as the case may be, for lodging a revised condescendence. |