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.

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译者筠怡，毕业于法国顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与产品责任与集体侵权诉讼相关的法律文件。