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/fɔr ˈɪnstəns/ Listen

noun

Instance n.

1.

The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion. "Undertook at her instance to restore them."

2.

That which is instant or urgent; motive. (Obs.) "The instances that second marriage move Are base respects of thrift, but none of love."

3.

Occasion; order of occurrence. "These seem as if, in the time of Edward I., they were drawn up into the form of a law, in the first instance."

4.

That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example; as, we could find no instance of poisoning in the town within the past year. "Most remarkable instances of suffering."

5.

A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.

Causes of instance, those which proceed at the solicitation of some party.

Court of first instance, the court by which a case is first tried.

For instance, by way of example or illustration; for example.

Instance Court (Law), the Court of Admiralty acting within its ordinary jurisdiction, as distinguished from its action as a prize court.

Synonyms: Example; case. See Example.

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