continuance

n. [ OF. continuance. ] 1. A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great plagues, and of long continuance. Deut. xxviii. 59. [ 1913 Webster ]

Patient continuance in well-doing. Rom. ii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brute immediately regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A holding together; continuity. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (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. [ 1913 Webster ]