a holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.-uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation.-a holding together; continuity.-the adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one day, or from one stated term of a court, to another.-the entry of such adjournment and the grounds thereof on the record.