Con-tin'u-ance, n.
n. [It. continuanza.]
Sense 1. A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, &c.; perseverance; constancy; stay.
“Patient continuance in well-doing.” Rom. ii. 7.
Continuance of evil doth itself increase evil. Sidney.
Sense 2. Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation.
The brute immediately regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species. Addison.
Sense 3. A holding together; continuity. [Obs.]
Wool, tow, cotton, and raw silk have, besides the desire of continuance in regard of the tenuity of their thread, a greediness of moisture. Bacon.
Sense 4. (Law.) (a.) The postponement of the proceedings in a cause from one stated term of a court to another. (b.) The entry of such adjournment on the record. (c.) The adjournment of proceedings in a cause from one day or term to another; an entry of the same, and the grounds thereof, upon the record.