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Terms Used In Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 20A.053

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,

The grand jury shall meet and adjourn at times agreed on by a majority of the grand jury, except that the grand jury may not adjourn for more than three consecutive days unless the court consents to the adjournment. With the court’s consent, the grand jury may adjourn for a longer period and shall conform the grand jury’s adjournments as closely as possible to the court’s adjournments.