Legal Definition and Related Resources of Instancia
Meaning of Instancia
In Spanish law. The institution and prosecution of a suit from its inception until definitive judgment. The first instance, primera instancia, is the prosecution of a suit before the judge competent to take cognizance of it at its inception; the second instance, secunda instancia, is the exercise of the same action before the court of appellate jurisdiction; and the third instance, tercera instancia, is the prosecution of the same suit, either by an application of revision before the appellate tribunal, that has already decided the cause, or before some higher tribunal, having jurisdiction of the same. All civil suits must be tried and decided, in the first instance, within three years; and all criminal, within two years. As a general rule, three instances are admitted in all civil and criminal cases. Const. 1812, art. 285. *
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This definition of Instancia is based on the The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary . This entry needs to be proofread.
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Concept of “Instancia”
Traditional meaning of instancia in the Spanish law history (with some legal use in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Spanish) The pursuing of a law suit from its beginning to judgment.
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- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Instancia”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. This term and/or definition may be absolete. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary, based on a glossary of terms, included Instancia.
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