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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Literally, standing on; hence, urging, solicitation. Webster. ——In Civil and French Law. In general, all sorts of actions and judicial demands.
Dig. 44. 7. 58.
In Ecclesiastical Law. Causes of instance are those proceeded in at solicitation of some party, as opposed to causes of office, which run in the name of the judge. Halifax, Anal. p.
122.
In Scotch Law. That which may be insisted on at one diet or course of proba-, tion.
Wharton.