special session

noun

1. a session, as of a legislature or council, called to meet in addition to those held regularly.

Word History and Origins

Origin of special session¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

The legislature adjourned its regular session Monday with legislative work only half complete and immediately prepared to reconvene in a special session Wednesday to finish the job.

From Washington Post

Northam has said he will sign it, and his call Thursday for a special session is designed to help lawmakers finish that and hundreds of other bills.

From Washington Post

The gallery in the Idaho House was restricted to limited seating on the first day of a special session in late August.

From ProPublica

The House, which began experimenting with meeting online during special sessions last year, was firming up plans that called for holding virtual committee meetings every morning and convening floor sessions every afternoon at 4.

From Washington Post

The party issued a statement criticizing Miyares for voting against Medicaid expansion and gun-control legislation, and opposing the criminal justice bills in the special session.

From Washington Post

Gov. Rick Perry later called a special session of the legislature to push the bill forward, and it ended up passing.

From The Daily Beast

Stakeholders on both sides thought the bill had partisan support after Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper called a special session.

From The Daily Beast

The governor called a special session for December to deal with a $6 billion deficit that had opened in the current year budget.

From The Daily Beast

Back then, you may recall, the legislature was called into a special session for the purpose of passing the redistricting law.

From The Daily Beast

Barring a special session, Sanford has four months to save his job.

From The Daily Beast

But does not everybody see and know, that it was matter of absolute necessity to have a special session of the court?

From Project Gutenberg

Without such special session, then, three years would not have been sufficient for the purpose.

From Project Gutenberg

Special Session, 15th legislative assembly , Senate bill no. 12.

From Project Gutenberg

A special session of the Legislature was held in December, 1835.

From Project Gutenberg

It has reaffirmed the non-co-operation resolution of the Special Session and amplified it in every respect.

From Project Gutenberg