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Term Definition Continue; Continuance - to postpone a scheduled court hearing to a future date.
Application in Divorce Continuances are postponements are made for a variety of reasons. Many court proceedings are punctuated with continuances because stop-and-go movement is inherent in litigation.

The much viewed O.J. Simpson trial is an extreme example of the glacial movement of litigation, which is often riddled by sidebar conferences and judicial asides slowing the movement of the trial.