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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]