noun a holding together; continuity.
2. continuance ·noun the entry of such adjournment and the grounds thereof on the record.
3. continuance ·noun uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation.
4. continuance ·noun the adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one day, or from one stated term of a court, to another.
5. continuance ·noun a holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, ·etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.