That technical interruption of the proceedings in pleading in an action, which follows where a defendant does not answer the whole of the plaintiff's declaration, and the plaintiff omits to take judgment for the part unanswered.
The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption;
Noun
the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent)
n.
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.
n.
A breaking off or interruption of an estate, which
happened when an alienation was made by a tenant in tail, or other
tenant, seized in right of another, of a larger estate than the tenant
was entitled to, whereby the party ousted or injured was driven to his
real action, and could not enter. This effect of such alienation is now
obviated by statute in both England and the United States.
n.
The termination of an action in practice by the
voluntary act of the plaintiff; an entry on the record that the
plaintiff discontinues his action.
n.
That technical interruption of the proceedings in
pleading in an action, which follows where a defendant does not answer
the whole of the plaintiff's declaration, and the plaintiff omits to
take judgment for the part unanswered.
Discontinuance
The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption;
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As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this disgraceful trade, because it would bring weakness and not strength to the union.
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