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Definition of Instanter
1. adv. Immediately; instantly; at once; as, he left instanter.
Definition of Instanter
1. Adverb. immediately; instantly; without delay ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Instanter
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Instanter
Literary usage of Instanter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Charles John Crompton, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1835)
"... it seems to me, all that the defendant is entitled to is to have the information
read over to him, and then to say whether he will plead instanter ..."
2. Journal by Indiana General Assembly. Senate, Indiana, General Assembly, United States Congress Senate (1837)
"Mr. Britton, and in pursuance of the request of the committee, be will attend
instanter in the Hall of the House of Representatives to open the present ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"... the refractory witness may be punished instanter by fine and imprisonment ;
nor is it necessary that the cause of commitment should be set out at length ..."
4. Publications by English Historical Society (1849)
"... ad quern fratres prandi- Application catores accedentes, rogaverunt instanter,
ut eis preach«™ to locus daretur ad ..."
5. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"... the court should have compelled him to give judgment which would secure the
costs and damages, or to plead instanter the general Issue. Bratton т. ..."
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