Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act or fact of continuing.
- n. The time during which something exists or lasts; duration.
- n. A continuation or sequel.
- n. Law Postponement or adjournment to a future date.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A holding on, remaining, or abiding in a particular state, or in a course or series; permanence, as of habits, condition, or abode; a state of lasting; continuation; constancy; perseverance; duration.
- n. Uninterrupted succession or continuation; indefinite prolongation; perpetuation.
- n. Progression of time.
- n. In law: The deferring of a trial or hearing, or the fixing of a future day for the parties to a suit to appear or to be heard. Specifically— In the United States, the deferring of a trial or suit from one stated term of the court to another.
- n. Continuity; resistance to a separation of parts; a holding together; ductility.
- n. Synonyms and Continuity, etc. See continuation.
Wiktionary
- n. uncountable The action of continuing.
- n. countable (law) An order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.
- n. Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation.
- n. obsolete A holding together; continuity.
- n. The adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one day, or from one stated term of a court, to another.
- n. The entry of such adjournment and the grounds thereof on the record.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of continuing an activity without interruption
- n. the property of enduring or continuing in time
- n. the period of time during which something continues
Examples
“With such proofs of the uncertain continuance here of the great ornaments & blessings of society, let not little circumstances induce us to neglect the tender of their friendship.”
“I sense that Sen. Clintons continuance is not good, but that's just one guys gut feeling.”
“The only variance of note was that in Term 22, providing for the short-term continuance of statutes relating to the export marketing of salted fish.”
“If it clearly appears that the accused has not in fact been misled by the form of the charges and specifications, and that a continuance is not necessary for the protection of his substantial rights, the court may proceed immediately with the trial upon directing an appropriate amendment of the defective charge of specification.”
“Although the question of a continuance is one for the sound discretion of the court, whenever it appears that the court has abused its discretion and denied the accused a reasonable opportunity to prepare for trial or otherwise perfect his defense, the proceedings should be disapproved.”
“Subject to the provisions of said Section 93 and in continuance of the principle heretofore sanctioned under the North-West Territories Act, it is enacted that the Legislatures of the said Provinces shall pass all necessary laws in respect of Education; and that it shall therein always be provided”
“Elihu maintains that afflictions are to the godly disciplinary, in order to lead them to attain a higher moral worth, and that the reason for their continuance is not, as the friends asserted, on account of the sufferer's extraordinary guilt, but because the discipline has not yet attained its object, namely, to lend him to humble himself penitently before God (Isa 9: 13; Jer 5: 3).”
“Whether those lives were wasted, or whether their brave example was not worth more to the world than a few years more of continuance, is not the question here to be asked.”
“ Felix chops the log in continuance at a similar break in the tune the same voice heard again, nearer.”
“The hurried music from the close of the First Act to play in continuance until this scene is discovered, and Frankenstein enters, hastily, to centre of stage.”
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