instant case

  • 1instant case — n. The case currently under consideration. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …

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  • 2case — 1 n [Latin casus accident, event, set of circumstances, literally, act of falling] 1 a: a civil or criminal suit or action the judicial power shall extend to all case s, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution U.S. Constitution art.… …

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  • 3instant — in·stant adj: being under present consideration the questions presented in the instant case Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. instant …

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  • 4instant — /in steuhnt/, n. 1. an infinitesimal or very short space of time; a moment: They arrived not an instant too soon. 2. the point of time now present or present with reference to some action or event. 3. a particular moment: at the instant of… …

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  • 5instant — in•stant [[t]ˈɪn stənt[/t]] n. 1) an infinitesimal or very short space of time; moment 2) the point of time now present: Come here this instant![/ex] 3) a particular moment: at the instant of contact[/ex] 4) an instant beverage or other product,… …

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  • 6instant — Present, current, as instant case …

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  • 7instant — Present, current, as instant case …

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  • 8Instant indexing — is a marketing term that denotes a feature offered by select Internet search engines that enables users to submit content for immediate inclusion into the index.Delayed inclusionCertain search engine services may require an extended period of… …

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  • 9Instant-runoff voting — Example instant runoff voting ballot …

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  • 10Instant centre of rotation — The instant centre of rotation, also called instantaneous centre , for a plane figure moving in a two dimensional plane is a point in its plane around which all other points on the figure, for one instant, are rotating. This point itself is the… …

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