adjournment of a cause
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continuance — con·tin·u·ance /kən ti nyə wəns/ n: the postponement of the court proceedings in a case to a future day Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. continuance … Law dictionary
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comperendinatio — /k6mparendsneysh(iy)ow/ In the Roman law, the adjournment of a cause, in order to hear the parties or their advocates a second time; a second hearing of the parties to a cause … Black's law dictionary
comperendinatio — /k6mparendsneysh(iy)ow/ In the Roman law, the adjournment of a cause, in order to hear the parties or their advocates a second time; a second hearing of the parties to a cause … Black's law dictionary
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