(declension-3, masculine) a sustained, continuous course or movement, a continuity of events, conditions etc. or way of proceeding
(declension-3, masculine) a line of reasoning, point, gist of an utterance in so far as it decides legal questions whether individually or generally, a provision (either its wording or its meaning)
(declension-3, masculine) a tone (of sound or color); stress (of the voice)
(Medieval-Latin, declension-3, masculine) a seisin