These are the meanings of the letters PREDISCONTINUANCE when you unscramble them.
- Discontinuance (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.
- Discontinuance (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 (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.
- Discontinuance (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.
- Discountenance (n.)
Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage.
- Discountenance (v. t.)
To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage.
- Discountenance (v. t.)
To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.