Literary notes about Discontinuance (AI summary)
The term "discontinuance" has been employed in literature to indicate a cessation or interruption across diverse contexts. In folklore, for instance, it describes a break in a supernatural or magical influence, as when a loss of fairy favor follows indiscretion in Wales [1]. In more technical or operational writing, the term appears in reference to the suspension or stopping of a mechanism, such as the use of swing bars [2]. Its legal usage is also notable, where it signifies the ending of legal proceedings or actions, a sense highlighted by its appearance in historical legal narratives like those found in Solomon Northup’s account [3] and John Arbuthnot’s chronicle [4].
- But usually, throughout Wales, it is simply a discontinuance of fairy favour which follows blabbing.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes - Use and discontinuance of swing bars.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - [Pg 318] of discontinuance by the request of the prosecutor, and filed it in his office."
— from Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup - To ditto for noli prosequis, discontinuance, and retraxit..
— from The History of John Bull by John Arbuthnot
