executive session
a session, generally closed to the public, of a legislative body or its leaders.
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How to use executive session in a sentence
Elsie had left this question to Captain Eri for settlement, and the trio and Mrs. Snow went into executive session immediately.
Cap'n Eri | Joseph Crosby LincolnThe motion for an executive session was lost,—Yeas 15, Nays 22.
Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume XI (of 20) | Charles SumnerHe made the charge also that Tipton had been guilty of divulging the vote on the treaty, taken in executive session.
The Life of Lyman Trumbull | Horace WhiteThe Senate is so open when it is engaged on legislative work; but it is closed to the public when engaged in executive session.
North America, Volume II (of 2) | Anthony TrollopeI would rather do that in executive session—that one piece of testimony.
Warren Commission (2 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for executive session
a session of the Senate for the discussion of executive business, such as the ratification of treaties: formerly held in secret
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