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imparlance
[ im-pahr-luhns ]
noun
- an extension of time granted to one party in a lawsuit to plead or to settle the dispute amicably.
- a request for, or the permission granting, such a continuance.
Word History and Origins
Origin of imparlance1
Example Sentences
Jack—Injunctions, demurrers, sham pleas, writs of error, rejoinders, sur-rejoinders, rebutters, sur-rebutters, re-plications, exceptions, essoigns, and imparlance.
Few beside those who had had the equivocal advantage of being early familiarised with such gibberish as "special general imparlance"—"special testatum capias"—"special original"—"testatum pone"—"protestando"—"colour"—"de bene esse," &c. &c. &c. could obtain a glimmering of daily practice, without a serious waste of time and depreciation of the mental faculties.
There was on both sides much to say; She’d hear the cause another day; And so she did, and then a third, She heard it—there she kept her word; But with rejoinders and replies, Long bills, and answers, stuffed with lies Demur, imparlance, and essoign, The parties ne’er could issue join: For sixteen years the cause was spun, And then stood where it first begun.
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