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means A formal postponement of a court proceeding to a later date, granted by a judge at a party's request or on the court's own motion.

from From Latin 'continuare,' to join together or make continuous, built on 'tenere,' to hold — the same grip you feel in 'tenant,' 'tenacious,' and 'retain.' English borrowed it through Old French 'continuance' meaning duration or persistence, and the law leaned into the irony: a 'continuance' doesn't continue anything, it pauses it — the case is merely 'held' in place, unbroken but unmoving, waiting to resume.