instance
instance: n. & v. --n.
1 an example or illustration of (just another instance of his lack of determination).
2 a particular case (that's not true in this instance).
3 Law a legal suit. --v.tr. cite (a fact, case, etc.) as an instance. at the instance of at the request or suggestion of. court of first instance Law a court of primary jurisdiction. for instance as an example. in the first (or second etc.) instance in the first (or second etc.) place; at the first (or second etc.) stage of a proceeding. [ME f. OF f. L instantia (as INSTANT)]
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