special session
noun
1 British (chiefly in plural) a periodic meeting of justices of the peace, convened by statute to address a particular kind of business (now historical ); occasionally with singular concord.
2A session of a legislative or regulatory body, convened outside the regular schedule in order to address urgent business.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in William Lambarde (1536–1601), antiquary and lawyer.
- night of the long knives
- night op
- night operation
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- night paddock
- night parrot
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- night-piece
- night porter
- night post
- night-rail
- night-raven
- night-rest
- nightrider
- night-riding
- night-robe
- night-runner
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- nightshade