CONTINUANCE

continuance,n.1. The act of keeping up, maintaining, or prolonging < continuance of the formal tradition>.2. Duration; time of continuing <the senator’s continuance in office>.3.Procedure. The adjournment or postpone-ment of a trial or other proceeding to a future date <motion for continuance>. Cf. RECESS(1). — continue,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]