Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To hold a parley; consult.
- In law, to hold a consultation for amicable settlement or adjustment, as of a suit or claim.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To hold discourse; to parley.
- intransitive verb (Law) To have time before pleading; to have delay for mutual adjustment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To hold
discourse ; toparley . - verb law To have
time beforepleading ; to havedelay formutual adjustment .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And now on this day, to wit, Wed re f day next after the octave of St. Hilary in this fame term, until which day the faid William H. had leave to imparl to the bill aforefaid, and then to anfwer, before the lord the king at the king's court come? as well the faid George by his attorney aforefaid, as the faid Will-am by T.
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And hereupon a day is rat j on given to the parties aforefaid before the lord and lady the king and queen at Wejtminjter until Monday next after the morrow of the afcenfion of the Lord in this fame term, to wit, to the faid John to imparl to the bill aforefaid, and then to anfwer, &c.
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Leave was given to imparl in an aSion of debt upon a judg - ment, ufTtil a writ of error brought up on the judgment ihould be determined, 44
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Travels through that part of North America formerly called Louisiana. 1771
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Anciently they did not plead de novo after an amendment; therefore giving rules to plead again, T C 1 8 1 cannot be the ancient courfe j becaufe the pra&ice of pleading de novo is but of late introduced, but with great reafon: When the plaintiff amends and gives an imparl - ance, there (hojld be new rules; otherwife not*
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