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‖ continuˈando Obs. in Eng.
[L. continuando by continuing.]
Law. A word technically used in an indictment for trespass, to describe a continuance or repetition of the act alleged. Hence transf. a continuance, a continuation.
1607–72J. Cowell Interpr. s.v., For in one Action of Trespass, you may recover Damages for divers Trespasses, laying the first with a Continuando to the whole time, and in this form, continuando transgressionem prædictam. 1677Hale Contempl. ii. Pref. 1 So timely finished as that it might appear to be but a part of the former Trespass, though with a continuando, and not a new presumption against the worthy Author. 1711Swift Let. 23 Oct., It has rained all day with a continuendo. a1734North Exam. ii. iv. §5 (1740) 233 Fitzharris, whose Plot was to be only a Continuando of that which he held forth.
b. in comb. = continuous, never-ending.
1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. p. xli, Many of our continuando-talkers of Politicks. |