'Causes of instance' definitions:
Definition of 'Causes of instance'
From: GCIDE
- Instance \In"stance\, n. [F. instance, L. instantia, fr. instans. See Instant.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion. [1913 Webster]
- Undertook at her instance to restore them. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is instant or urgent; motive. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The instances that second marriage move Are base respects of thrift, but none of love. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Occasion; order of occurrence. [1913 Webster]
- These seem as if, in the time of Edward I., they were drawn up into the form of a law, in the first instance. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Most remarkable instances of suffering. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A token; a sign; a symptom or indication. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Causes of instance, those which proceed at the solicitation of some party. --Hallifax.
- 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.
- Syn: Example; case. See Example. [1913 Webster]