A name sometimes given to text-books containing the elementary principles of jurisprudence, arranged in an orderly and systematic manner. For example, the Institutes of Justinian, of Galus, of Lord Coke. Institutes of Gains. An elementary work of the Roman jurist Gains; important as having formed the foundation of the Institutes of Justinian, (g. vr) These Institutes were … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

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

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...]