Miscontinuance
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In practice. A continuance of a suit by undue process. Its effect is the same as a discontinuance. 2 Hawk. P. C. 299; Kitch. Cts. 231; Jenk. Cent. Cas. 57.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A continuance improperly ordered.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In practice. An improper continuance; want of proper form in a continuance; the same with "discontinuance." Cowell.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In practice. An improper continuance; want of proper form in a continuance; the same with “discontinuanee.” Cowell.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Continuance by faulty process. Discontinuance.