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Webster 1913 Edition
Continuance
Con-tin′u-ance
,Noun.
[OF.
continuance
.] 1.
A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.
Great plagues, and of long
continuance
. Deut. xxviii. 59.
Patient
continuance
in well-doing. Rom. ii. 7.
2.
Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation.
The brute immediately regards his own preservation or the
continuance
of his species. Addison.
3.
A holding together; continuity.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
4.
(Law)
(a)
The adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one day, or from one stated term of a court, to another.
(b)
The entry of such adjournment and the grounds thereof on the record.
Webster 1828 Edition
Continuance
CONTINUANCE
,Noun.
1.
A holding on or remaining in a particular state, or in a course or series. Applied to time, duration; a state of lasting; as the continuance of rain or fair weather for a day or week. Sensual pleasure is of short continuance.2.
Perseverance; as, no excuse will justify a continuance in sin.By patient continuance in well doing. Romans 2.
3.
Abode; residence; as, during our continuance in Paris.4.
Succession uninterrupted; continuation; a prolonging of existence; as, the brute regards the continuance of his species.5.
Progression of time.In thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned. Psalm 139.
6.
In law, the deferring of a suit, or the giving of a day for the parties to a suit to appear. After issue or demurrer joined, as well as in some of the previous stages of proceeding, a day is continually given, and entered upon record, for the parties to appear on from time to time. The giving of this day is called a continuance.7.
In the United States, the deferring of a trial or suit from one stated term of the court to another.8.
Continuity; resistance to a separation of parts; a holding together. [Not used.]