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imparlance

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im⋅par⋅lance

[im-pahr-luhns]
–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.

Origin:
1570–80; < AF *emparlaunce, equiv. to MF emparl(er) to imparl + -aunce -ance
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