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Law. The adjournment or deferring of a suit or trial (or sometimes other proceedings) till a future date or for a period. (Sometimes the present…
Law. The interruption or dismissal of a suit, esp. by reason of the plaintiff's omission of the formalities necessary to keep it pending. Also (now…
= discontinuance, n. 2b. rare.