adjournment sine die; adjournment for an indefinite period
Formal term used in parliamentary or legislative contexts when a session is adjourned without setting a date to reconvene.
The assembly went into adjournment sine die.
With deliberations unfinished, the Diet adjourned for an indefinite period.
休会 is a general adjournment or recess, while 無期休会 specifically means adjournment without a set date to resume.
閉会 is the closing of a session or meeting, often at the end of a term, whereas 無期休会 is an indefinite suspension without formal closure.
Compound of 無期 (indefinite, no fixed period) and 休会 (adjournment, recess). The term is a direct translation of the English legal phrase 'adjournment sine die'.