• Continuance

    Alternative forms

    Origin

    From Old French continuance, from continuer.

    Full definition of continuance

    Noun

    continuance

    (countable and uncountable; plural continuances)
    1. (uncountable) The action of continuing.
    2. (countable, legal) An order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period.
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