continuance

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“No further continuances will be granted in this case,” Hagerman said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2021

Other defendants have been granted continuances until March 2022.

From Fox News • Sep. 28, 2021

And it has instructed prosecutors to utilize video-teleconferencing and to seek continuances in cases of non-violent offenders awaiting sentencing.

From Reuters • Apr. 3, 2020

State courts in Alexandria and Arlington have not taken such steps, although lawyers said judges have been inclined to grant continuances in low-level matters.

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2020

Never one word of the case from judge to accused, just continuances.

From The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison by Hitchcock, Champion Ingraham