In the practice of the courts, a recess is a short interval or period of time during which the court suspends business, but without adjourning. See In re Gannon, 69 Cal. 541, 11 Pac. 240. In legislative prac* tice, a recess is the ‘interval, occurring in consequence of an adjournment, between the sessions of the same continuous legislative body; not tbe interval between the final ad-journment of one body and the convening of another at the next regular session. See Tip-ton v. Parker, 71 Ark. 193, 74 S. W. 298. ■
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
