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noun

Continuance n.

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 continuance." "Patient continuance in well-doing."

Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation. "The brute immediately regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species."

A holding together; continuity. (Obs.)

(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 adjournment and the grounds thereof on the record.

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"Continuance" Quotes from Famous Books

... them; so that their potations here soon began to have a marked effect upon their tongues. The rain beat upon the windows with a dull dogged pertinacity which seemed to signify boundless reserves of the same and long continuance. The wind rose, the sign creaked, and the candles waved. The weather had, in truth, broken up for the season, and this was the first night of ...

— A Laodicean • Thomas Hardy

... it, envy and all the other secondary passions, which would create for us later various obstacles to overcome. The political meaning of the new social organization, its very basis, its token, and the guarantee for its continuance, are in a certain sharing of the governing power with the middle classes, classes who are the true strength of modern societies, the centre of morality, of all good sentiments and intelligent work. But we cannot conceal from ourselves that the principle of election, extended now to almost every ...

— The Lesser Bourgeoisie • Honore de Balzac

... the original point of difference, and they offered to open the franchise to every Italian state south of the Po which had not taken arms or which returned immediately to its allegiance. The war had broken out for a definite cause. When the cause was removed no reason remained for its continuance. The Italians were closely connected with Rome. Italians were spread over the Roman world in active business. They had no wish to overthrow the Empire if they were allowed to share in its management. The greater part of them accepted the Senate's terms; and only those remained in the field who had ...

— Caesar: A Sketch • James Anthony Froude

... still had power to charm him, but often during its continuance the full consciousness of his misfortune forced itself upon his mind; for the majority of the subjects discussed by the artists came to them through the medium of sight, and referred to new creations of architecture, sculpture, and painting, from whose enjoyment his ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... pledge that their favourite form should be preserved. They would also expect to be satisfied with respect to the person whom their arms, if successful, were to place upon the throne. To promise, therefore, the continuance of a monarchical establishment, and to designate the future monarch, seemed to be necessary for the purpose of acquiring aristocratical support. Whatever might be the intrinsic weight of this argument, ...

— A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second • Charles James Fox

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