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In pleading and practice. Solicitation, properly of an earnest or urgent kind. An act is often said to be done at a party's "special instance and request." In the civil and French law. A general term, designating all sorts of actions and judicial, demands. Dig. 44, 7, 58, In ecclesiastical law. Causes of instance are those proceeded in at the solicitation of some party, as … [Read more...] about INSTANCE

One of the branches of the English admiralty is called an instance court. Vide Instance Court. Eng. law. The English court of admiralty is divided into two distinct tribunals; the one having, generally, all the jurisdiction of the admiralty, except in prize cases, is called the instance court; the other, acting under a special commission, distinct from the usual commission … [Read more...] about INSTANCE COURT

A prosecutor or adversary. … [Read more...] about INSPECTATOR

In Spanish law. The institution and prosecution of a suit from its commencemeqt until definitive judgment The first instance, "primera instancia," is the prosecution of the Buit before the judge competent to take cognizance of it at its inception; the second instance, "secunda itstancia," is the exercise of the same action before the court of appellate jurisdiction; and the … [Read more...] about INSTANCIA

(A) comm. law. The examination of certain articles made by law subject to such examination, so that they may be declared fit for commerce. The decision of the inspectors is not final; the object of the law is to protect the community from fraud, and to preserve the character of the merchandise abroad. (B) practice. Examination. 2. The inspection of all public records is free to … [Read more...] about INSPECTION