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[in-stuhns] / ˈɪn stəns /




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The lawsuit filed in the U.S. territory’s Court of First Instance alleges that Martin has been “persecuted, besieged, harassed, stalked and extorted” by his “troubled” nephew for economic reasons.

From Washington Times • Sep. 7, 2022

Magistrate Bernard Saint-Vil, who is dean of the Court of First Instance in Port-au-Prince, said some judges he recently contacted about the case had told him they were worried about their safety.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2021

"It's a risk you don't need to take," said Cornwall Coastguard James Instance.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2021

Tong then filed for a judicial review of the decision, which High Court Judge Alex Lee in the Court of First Instance rejected.

From Reuters • Jun. 22, 2021

These were A Modern Instance, A Woman's Reason, The Rise of Silas Lapham, and Indian Summer; making a literary harvest of which not only their author, but all Americans, have reason to be justly proud.

From Essays on Modern Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon




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