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In old English law. A formal claim made by a party entitled to enter upon any lands or tenements, but deterred from such entry by menaces, or bodily fear, for the purpose of preserving or keeping alive his right It was called "continual," because It was required to be repeated once in the apace of every year and day. It had to be made as near to the land as the party could … [Read more...] about CONTINUAL CLAIM

An annuity whose payment is dependent upon certain conditions being satisfied. … [Read more...] about CONTINGENT ANNUITY

The adjournment or postponement of an action pending in a court, to a subsequent day of the same or another term. Com. v. Maloney, 145 Mass. 205, 13 N. E. 482; State v. Underwood, 76 Mo. 630. Also the entry of a continuance made upon the record of the court for the purpose of formally evidencing the postponement or of connecting the parts of the record so as to make one … [Read more...] about CONTINUANCE

This is an alternate beneficiary that is named in a will, trust document, insurance policy and the like based upon a contingency. For example, a son will obtain the proceeds of an estate and, if he is not alive or is unavailable, his children will receive the proceeds. … [Read more...] about CONTINGENT BENEFICIARY

In pleading. A form of allegation in which the trespass, criminal offense, or other wrongful act complained of is charged to have been committed on a specified day and to have "continued" to the present time, or is averred to have been committed at divers days and times within a given period or on a specified day and on divers other days and times between that day and another. … [Read more...] about CONTINUANDO