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Webster 1913 Edition
Discontinuance
Disˊcon-tin′u-ance
,Noun.
1.
The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption;
as, a
discontinuance
of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance
of a highway or of travel.
Syn. – Cessation; intermission; discontinuation; separation; disunion; disjunction; disruption; break.
Webster 1828 Edition
Discontinuance
DISCONTINUANCE
,Noun.
1.
Want of continuance; cessation; intermission; interruption of continuance; as a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse.2.
Want of continued connection or cohesion of parts; want of union; disruption.3.
In law, a breaking off or interruption of possession, as where a tenant in tail makes a feoffment in fee-simple, or for the life of the feoffee, or in tail, which he has not power to do; in this case, the entry of the feoffee is lawful, during the life of the feoffor; but if he retains possession after the death of the feoffor, it is an injury which is termed a discontinuance, the legal estate of the heir in tail being discontinued, till a recovery can be had in law.4.
Discontinuance of a suit, is when a plaintiff leaves a chasm in the proceedings in his cause, as by not continuing the process regularly from day to day; in which case the defendant is not bound to attend. Formerly the demise of the king caused a discontinuance of all suits; but this is remedied by statute 1. Ed. VI.Definition 2024
discontinuance
discontinuance
English
Noun
discontinuance (plural discontinuances)
- The occurrence of something being discontinued; a cessation; an incomplete ending.