DARREIN CONTINUANCE

darrein continuance (dar-ayn k[schwa]n-tin-yoo-[schwa]nts), n. [fr. French dernier continuance “the last continuance”] Hist. Every plea of a new matter after the last entry of a plea on the record. • Every entry of a pleading after the first pleading on the record was called a continuance. — Also spelled dareyne continuance.