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Continuance :: Continuance (n.) The adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one day, or from one stated term of a court, to another..

Cessation :: Cessation (n.) A ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary or final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war..

Darrein :: Darrein (a.) Last; as, darrein continuance, the last continuance..

Persistency :: Persistency (n.) The continuance of an effect after the cause which first gave rise to it is remove.

Continuance :: Continuance (n.) A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay..

Standing :: Standing (n.) Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition; continuance; as, a custom of long standing; an officer of long standing..

Discontinuance :: Discontinuance (n.) That technical interruption of the proceedings in pleading in an action, which follows where a defendant does not answer the whole of the plaintiff's declaration, and the plaintiff omits to take judgment for the part unanswered..

Time-honored :: Time-honored (a.) Honored for a long time; venerable, and worthy of honor, by reason of antiquity, or long continuance..

Swift :: Swift (v. i.) Of short continuance; passing away quickly.

Residence :: Residence (n.) The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year..

Durably :: Durably (adv.) In a lasting manner; with long continuance.

Toil :: Toil (v. i.) To exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or duration; to labor; to work..

Formedon :: Formedon (n.) A writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of a discontinuance of the estate tail. This writ has been abolished.

Sequent :: Sequent (a.) Following; succeeding; in continuance.

Continuance :: Continuance (n.) A holding together; continuity.

Discontinue :: Discontinue (v. t.) To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off..

Discontinuee :: Discontinuee (n.) One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance..

Over :: Over (adv.) At an end; beyond the limit of continuance; completed; finished.

Twinge :: Twinge (n.) A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side..

Permanency :: Permanency (n.) The quality or state of being permanent; continuance in the same state or place; duration; fixedness; as, the permanence of institutions; the permanence of nature..

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