Instanter

Immediately; directly; without delay; at once. The word Is a frequent occurrence In indictments for murder where the death is charged as having been the immediate result of a wound or blow inflicted. Where the killing has been alleged to have been caused by a battery it is necessary to allege an assault and to specify the time when the mortal stroke was given and the time of the death; the allegation that he “instantly did die” is insufficient; Lester V. State, 9 Mo. 666; as was an indictment which described the assault and then charges that of the mortal wound inflicted by defendant the deceased “did instantly die;” State V. Lakey, 65 Mo. 217; otherwise had the averment been that the deceased “did then and there Instantly die”; State v. Steeley, 65 Mo. 218, 27 Am. Rep. 271.

8 Dowl. 157; 11 Ad. & El..127; 3 Per & Dav. 52.

INSTAR (Lat.). Like; resembling; equivalent: as, instar dentium, like teeth; instar omnium, equivalent to all.