continuance
noun
con·tin·u·ance
kən-ˈtin-yü-ən(t)s 
1
2
: the extent of continuing : duration
3
: the quality of enduring : permanence
4
: an adjournment of a court case to a future day
Examples of continuance in a Sentence
No changes to the property are allowed during the continuance of the lease.
The lawyer asked the judge for a continuance.
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Comans again grew agitated when Van Der Hout asked for continuance a second time and claimed lawyers representing DHS had not provided evidence to back up the allegations against his client.
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Armando Garcia, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2025
Following the San Diego Planning Commission’s approval in December, the project had been scheduled to be heard by city council last month but President Joe LaCava called for the continuance to allow for a more thoughtful and complete evaluation.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
Earlier Wednesday, Cohen had asked for a two-month continuance on the case due to staffing and budgetary shortfalls.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
Under McKinley, the U.S. not only refrained from the vicious China land grab but employed its growing diplomatic influence to discourage its continuance and to deprecate the 19th-century imperialist credo.
—Robert W. Merry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
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Armando Garcia, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2025
Following the San Diego Planning Commission’s approval in December, the project had been scheduled to be heard by city council last month but President Joe LaCava called for the continuance to allow for a more thoughtful and complete evaluation.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
Earlier Wednesday, Cohen had asked for a two-month continuance on the case due to staffing and budgetary shortfalls.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
Under McKinley, the U.S. not only refrained from the vicious China land grab but employed its growing diplomatic influence to discourage its continuance and to deprecate the 19th-century imperialist credo.
—Robert W. Merry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Continuance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/continuance. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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continuance
noun
con·tin·u·ance
kən-ˈtin-yə-wən(t)s
1
: the act of continuing
2
: the extent of continuing : duration
3
: postponement of a case in a law court
Legal Definition
continuance
noun
con·tin·u·ance
kən-ˈti-nyə-wəns
: the postponement of the court proceedings in a case to a future day
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