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- noun Plural form of
continuance .
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Examples
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"There's a significant number of continuances, which is a factor in causing jail overcrowding," commissioner Karl Peterjohn said.
Kansas.com: -- Front DEB GRUVER 2010
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"There's a significant number of continuances, which is a factor in causing jail overcrowding," commissioner Karl Peterjohn said.
Kansas.com: -- Front DEB GRUVER 2010
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"There's a significant number of continuances, which is a factor in causing jail overcrowding," commissioner Karl Peterjohn said.
Kansas.com: -- Front DEB GRUVER 2010
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But the legal clock gets stopped by "continuances" granted to either side.
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“These continuances have all been agreed upon by both sides because there is so much info involved in this case,” said Clapp, who on
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Whitaker is now being held without bail at the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach pending trial, which has been delayed 17 times due to requests for continuances by both prosecutors and defense attorneys.
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Bulletproof: went through multiple continuances to get the claims right; cited a bunch of prior art; etc.
Archive 2009-10-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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In order to permit the newly inaugurated President and his administration time to review the military commission process, generally, and the cases currently pending before the military commissions, specifically, the Secretary of Defense has, by order of the President directed the chief prosecutor to seek continuances of 120 days in all pending case.
Discourse.net: Whitehouse.gov Doesn't Like My Privacy Settings and Has Nothing on Guantanamo 2009
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Bulletproof: went through multiple continuances to get the claims right; cited a bunch of prior art; etc.
WIPIP at Seton Hall part 4 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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In both instances Leahy (among other dems) insisted on having copies (in triplicate) of every single order (including, yes, 1-page orders re continuances, Rule 41 dismissals, etc.), copies of any public remarks, plus an farrago of other documents and transcripts (re various in-court hearings) etc. before any hearing would be scheduled.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Goodwin Liu’s Incomplete Questionnaire 2010
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