continuance
Americannoun
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an act or instance of continuing; continuation.
a continuance of war.
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- prolongation, extension, persistence
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a remaining in the same place, condition, etc.
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Law. adjournment of a step in a proceeding to a future day.
noun
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the act or state of continuing
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the duration of an action, condition, etc
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the postponement or adjournment of a legal proceeding
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Another popular release, Continuance, is made from a blend of imperial stouts, barleywine, and other barrel-aged beers.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2022
Sayet presented highlights of her 140-page Harvard University master’s thesis “Moshup’s Continuance: Sovereignty and the Literature of the Land in the Aquinnah Wampanoag Nation.”
From Washington Times • Nov. 15, 2014
The Compensation Clause says that judges should “receive for their Services a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.”
From Washington Post • May 5, 2013
Continuance as a condition is where the effect is not found without its cause.
From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Acharya, Madhava
The beautiful Vorompdap exerted herself to the utmost, in order to prolong the Continuance of her Reign; but this was the very Occasion of her Overthrow.
From The Amours of Zeokinizul, King of the Kofirans Translated from the Arabic of the famous Traveller Krinelbol by Crébillon, Claude Prosper Jolyot de
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