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Instance \In"stance\, n. [F. instance, L. instantia, fr.
instans. See {Instant}.]
1. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency;
solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.

Undertook at her instance to restore them. --Sir W.
Scott.

2. That which is instant or urgent; motive. [Obs.]

The instances that second marriage move
Are base respects of thrift, but none of love.
--Shak.

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. --Sir M. Hale.

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.
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Most remarkable instances of suffering. --Atterbury.

5. A token; a sign; a symptom or indication. --Shak.

{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}.