continuance

1. n. A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay. Source: opted

2. n. Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation. Source: opted

3. n. A holding together; continuity. Source: opted

4. n. The adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one day, or from one stated term of a court, to another. Source: opted

5. n. The entry of such adjournment and the grounds thereof on the record. Source: opted

6. n. the act of continuing an activity without interruption Source: wordnet

7. n. the period of time during which something continues Source: wordnet

8. n. the property of enduring or continuing in time Source: wordnet

9. 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 continuence. Deut. xxviii. 59. Patient continuance i well-doing. Rom. ii. 7. 2. Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewell; perpetuation; propagation. The brute immedistely 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 adjuornment and the grounds thereof on the record. Source: webster

10. n:100 n. the act of continuing an activity without interruption Source: ecdict

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