The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Miscontinuance \Mis`con*tin"u*ance\, n. (Law) Discontinuance; also, continuance by undue process. [1913 Webster]Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
MISCONTINUANCE, practice. By this term is understood a continuance of a suit by undue process. Its effect is the same as a discontinuance. (q.v.) 2 Hawk. 299; Kitch. 231; Jenk. Cent. 57.