continuance

1. (uncountable) The action of continuing.Examples: "Now stands the Brere like a lord alone, / Puffed up with pryde and vaine pleasaunce. / But all this glee had no continuaunce: / For eftsones winter gan to approche; / The blustering Boreas did encroche, / And beate upon the solitarie Brere; / For nowe no succoure was seene him nere."; "In the living state, the body is observed to […] adopt most effectual measures for the permanent continuance of its species."; "[…] the interview's continuance already had attracted observation from some topmen aloft and other sailors in the waist or further forward."Synonyms: perduranceuncountable

2. (countable, law, chiefly US) An order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period.Examples: "At the submission to sufficient facts in Lowell District Court, an agreement was reached between the prosecution and the defense. Despite the continuance without a finding, the defendant was required to pay court costs of $150. The continuance means that if the defendant is not arrested on the same charge within the next six months, the charge against him will be dropped."; "Where the Department of Homeland Security seeks to re-serve a respondent to effect proper service of a notice to appear that was defective under the regulatory requirements for serving minors under the age of 14, a continuance should be granted for that purpose."UScountable