imparlance

Imparlance \Im*par"lance\, n. [Cf. {Emparlance}, {Parlance}.]
   [Written also {inparliance}.]
   1. Mutual discourse; conference. [Obs.]
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   2. (Law)
      (a) Time given to a party to talk or converse with his
          opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if
          possible, an amicable adjustment of the suit. The
          actual object, however, has long been merely to obtain
          further time to plead, or answer to the allegations of
          the opposite party.
      (b) Hence, the delay or continuance of a suit.
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   Note: Imparlance and continuance by imparlance have been
         abolished in England. --Wharton (Law Dict. ).
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IMPARLANCE, pleading and practice. Imparlance, from the French, parler, to 
speak, or licentia loquendi, in its most general signification, means time 
given by the court to either party to answer the pleading of his opponent, 
as either, to plead, reply, rejoin, &c., and is said to be nothing else but 
the continuance of the cause till a further day. Bac. Abr. Pleas, C. But the 
more common signification of the term is time to plead. 2 Saund. 1, n. 2; 2 
Show. 3 10; Barnes, 346; Lawes, Civ. Pl. 93, 94. 
     2. Imparlances are of three descriptions: First. A common or general 
imparlance. Secondly. A special imparlance. Thirdly. A general special 
imparlance. 
     3.-1. A general imparlance is the entry of a general prayer. and 
allowance of time to plead till the next term, without reserving to the 
defendant the benefit of any exception; so that, after such an imparlance, 
the defendant cannot object to the jurisdiction of the court, or plead any 
matter in abatement. This kind of imparlance is always from one term to 
another. 
     4.-2. A special imparlance reserves to the defendant all exception to 
the writ, bill, or count; and, therefore, after it, the defendant may plead 
in abatement, though not to the jurisdiction of the court. 
     5.-3. A general special imparlance contains a saving of all 
exceptions whatsoever, so that the defendant, after this, may plead, not 
only in abatement, but he may also plead a plea which affects the 
jurisdiction of the court, as privilege. He cannot, however, plead a tender, 
and that he was always ready to pay, because, by craving time, he admits he 
is not ready, and so falsifies his plea. Tidd's Pr. 418, 419. The last two 
kinds of imparlances are, it seems, sometimes from one day to another in the 
same term. See, in general, Com. Dig Abatement, I 19, 20, 21; 1 Chit. Pl. 
420; Bac. Abr. Pleas, C; 14 Vin. Abr. 335; Com. Dig. Pleader, D; 1 Sell. Pr. 
265; Doct. Pl. 291; Encycl. de M. D'Alembert, art. Delai (Jurisp.)