A continuance is a request by a party for the court to postpone a legal proceeding to a later date.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
continuance (noun)1.
- continuation
2.
the extent of - continuing duration
3.
the quality of enduring - permanence
4.
an adjournment of a court case to a future day
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
continuance (noun)1.
the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress
SYNONYMS:
continuance, date, life, life span, lifetime, run, standing, timeRELATED WORDS:
spell, stretch; span, tenure, term; hitch, tour, turn; half-life; age, longevity2.
uninterrupted or lasting existence
SYNONYMS:
abidance, ceaselessness, continuance, continuity, continuousness, durability, duration, endurance, persistence, subsistenceRELATED WORDS:
drawing out, elongation, extension, lengthening, prolongation, prolonging, stretching; enduringness, permanence; survivalNEAR ANTONYMS:
abridgment ( abridgement), curtailment, cutback, shortening