What does "continuance" mean?
Continuance: Patient continuance i well-doing. Rom. ii.
Additional senses
- 2.2. Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewell; perpetuation; propagation. The brute immedistely regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species. Addison.
- 3.A holding together; continuity. [Obs.] Bacon.
- 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 adjuornment and the grounds thereof on the record.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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