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imparlance

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[im-pahr-luhns] / ɪmˈpɑr ləns /

noun

Law.

  1. an extension of time granted to one party in a lawsuit to plead or to settle the dispute amicably.

  2. a request for, or the permission granting, such a continuance.

Etymology

Origin of imparlance

1570–80; < Anglo-French *emparlaunce, equivalent to Middle French emparl ( er ) to imparl + -aunce -ance

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Jack—Injunctions, demurrers, sham pleas, writs of error, rejoinders, sur-rejoinders, rebutters, sur-rebutters, re-plications, exceptions, essoigns, and imparlance.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various

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