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Protraction

A drawing out or continuing the act of delaying the termination of a thing prolongation continuance delay as the protraction of a debate

Prescriptive

Consisting in or acquired by immemorial or long continued use and enjoyment as a prescriptive right of title pleading the continuance and authority of long custom

Discontinuance

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

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Epiploce

circumstance is added in due gradation to another climax e g ldquoHe not only spared his enemies but continued them in employment not only continued but advanced themrdquo

seniority

1 : the quality or state of being senior 2 : the senior status attained by length of continuous service (as in a company) ;also : the length of such continuous service

res gestae

and esp. of a crime and are so closely connected to it that they constitute part of a continuous transaction and can serve to illustrate its character [the decedent's statement…was too far removed in time and place

registry date

registry date Aliens who have continuously resided in the United States since January 1, 1972, are of good moral character, and are not inadmissible,

prescription

of an interest (as an easement) in real property that is usually less than a fee by long-term, continuous, open, and hostile use and possession as determined by the law of a jurisdiction [gained title by ]

accumulation

accumulation : increase or growth by addition esp. when continuous or repeated ;specif : an increase in the amount of a fund or property by the continuous addition

Accident

Means an accident involving a fortuitous or sudden or unintended occurrence while handling any hazardous substance resulting in continuous or intermittent or repeated exposure to death of, or injury to, any person or damage to any property

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