Definition of continuance

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Continuance (n.) The adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one day, or from one stated term of a court, to another..

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Out :: Out (a.) Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the fire, has burned out..
Permanency :: Permanency (n.) The quality or state of being permanent; continuance in the same state or place; duration; fixedness; as, the permanence of institutions; the permanence of nature..
Over :: Over (adv.) At an end; beyond the limit of continuance; completed; finished.
Sequent :: Sequent (a.) Following; succeeding; in continuance.
Weary :: Weary (v. t.) To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance..
Prosecution :: Prosecution (n.) The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information..
Prescriptive :: Prescriptive (a.) Consisting in, or acquired by, immemorial or long-continued use and enjoyment; as, a prescriptive right of title; pleading the continuance and authority of long custom..
Formedon :: Formedon (n.) A writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of a discontinuance of the estate tail. This writ has been abolished.
Protraction :: Protraction (n.) A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay; as, the protraction of a debate..
Incessancy :: Incessancy (n.) The quality of being incessant; unintermitted continuance; unceasingness.
Yet :: Yet (adv.) At the same time; by continuance from a former state; still.
Permansion :: Permansion (n.) Continuance.
On :: On (prep.) In continuance; without interruption or ceasing; as, sleep on, take your ease; say on; sing on..
Darrein :: Darrein (a.) Last; as, darrein continuance, the last continuance..
Discontinuance :: Discontinuance (n.) The termination of an action in practice by the voluntary act of the plaintiff; an entry on the record that the plaintiff discontinues his action.
Away :: Away (adv.) On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away..
Discontinuee :: Discontinuee (n.) One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance..
Continuative :: Continuative (n.) A term or expression denoting continuance.
Inveterate :: Inveterate (v. t.) To fix and settle by long continuance.
Cannonade :: Cannonade (n.) The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance..
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