Indiana Code 5-8-1-18. Senate to continue in session
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 5-8-1-18
- Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
- Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
Sec. 18. In case impeachment proceedings be pending in the senate at the time of the expiration of any session of the general assembly, the senate shall be continued in session for the sole and only purpose of sitting as a court of impeachment until such impeachment proceedings be concluded, and may, pending the conclusion of such impeachment proceedings, adjourn from time to time, as it may deem expedient.
Formerly: Acts 1897, c.182, s.18.