See Also: discontinuance(dictionary)
Discontinuance(law)
DISCONTINUANCE, estates(law)
DISCONTINUANCE, practice(law)

discontinuance (iou)



discontinuance noun. LME.
[Anglo-Norman discontinuaunce, Old French -ance, formed as DISCONTINUE: see -ANCE.]
The action of discontinuing; temporary or permanent interruption; cessation. LME.
b. The interruption or cessation of a lawsuit by the plaintiff. M16.
Law. The loss of the right of possession or entry by an heir to an estate following its wrongful alienation by a deceased tenant. Now Hist. LME.
Temporary absence from a place, spec. one's home. Only in 17.