See Also: continuance(dictionary)
continuance(dictionary)
Continuance(law)

continuance (iou)



continuance noun. LME.
[Old French, formed as CONTINUE: see -ANCE.]
The action of making something continue or allowing something to continue; the maintaining or prolonging of an action, process, etc. LME.
Addison His own preservation, or the continuance of his species. C. Sagan This is a tradition worthy of continuance.
Law. The adjournment of a suit or trial until a future date or for a period. Now US. LME.
The action of continuing in something; perseverance, persistence. arch. LME.
The lasting or enduring of an action, state, etc.; duration. LME.
T. Hale Any Voyage not exceeding five or six years continuance.
The action or fact of remaining in or in a place, state, etc. LME.
Shakespeare 1 Henry VI Cloy'd With long continuance in a settled place.
Course or length of time; a continuing period. arch. LME.
R. L. Stevenson I have..seen him re-peruse it for a continuance of minutes.
Continuity. LME-M18.
The quality of lasting or having lasted; permanence, durability; antiquity. E16-L17.
= CONTINUATION noun 5. Now rare or obsolete. M16.