I N S 
TN'SPRUCK, rNNSPRtTCK-, or Ynsbrtjcc, a town of 
Germany* and capital of the Tyrolefe, fituated on the Inn. 
Within the walls and gates, indeed, it is not large ; but 
contains extenfive fuburbs, which are taken up by confi- 
derable palaces, churches, and convents. This town is 
the reficfence of the fupreme reprefentation, and aulic 
chamber/of the reverfion-judicatory of the counties of 
the Lower and Upper Auftria, as alfo of the regency, or 
lords-juftices. In the middle of the Francifcan church, 
which the emperor Ferdinand I. caufed to be built here, 
among other monuments, is feen a magnificent one, ere&- 
ed by that emperor in honour of Maximilian I. On the 
top of it he is reprefented by a metal ftatue kneeling, 
which ftatue is furrounded with four other fmaller ones 
of metal, reprefenting the Virtues; and on the monu¬ 
ment itfelf, in a raifed work of white marble, the exploits 
of that emperor are reprefented. In the coftly choir-altar 
of the very beautiful parifh-church here, is to be feen the ce¬ 
lebrated image of Mariahulf, which the archduke Leopold, 
while bifhop of Straflmrg and Paflau, brought from the 
electoral cabinet at Drefden to Paffau, and his fon after¬ 
wards fent to this place. It is furrounded with the images 
of the princes of duke Charles V. of Lorrain, which are 
worked in filver, of the fame fize as when born, together 
with the golden image, in the fame fize, which the em- 
prefs-queen Maria Therefa, after her delivery, in the year 
174.1, of the archduke Jofeph, made a prefent of to this 
place, and fome other valuable offerings. After the mid¬ 
dle of the fixteenth, century, the Jefuits were introduced 
here, whofe gymnafium the emperor Leopold converted 
into’an univerfity in the year 1672, calling it Casfereo- 
Leopoldina; and which, in 1745, was prefented by the 
emprefs-queen Maria Therefa, with the collection of books 
which was formerly kept at the citadel of Ambras ; and 
afterwards with books of the imperial library at Vienna. 
I11 1805, Infpruck was taken by the French, when the 
76th regiment recovered two ftandards which the fame re¬ 
giment had loft in a former war: twenty.-eight miles north 
of Brixen,, and.fixty-eight fouth-weft of Salzburg. Lat. 
47. 16. N. Ion. 11. 30. E. 
INSTABILITY,/, \jnflabiUte, Fr. mfiabihs, Lat.] In- 
conftancy ; ficklenefs; mutability of opinion or conduCt. 
_ Instability of temper ought to be checked, when it dif- 
pofes men to wander from one fcheme of government to 
another; fuch a ficklenefs cannot but be fatal to our 
country. Addifon. 
INSTA'BLE, adj. [infalihs, Lat.] Inconitant; chang- 
ino-. See Unstable. 
INSTA'BLENESS, / Inftability. Scott-. 
To INSTA'LL, v. a. [injlaller, Fr. in and [call. ] To ad¬ 
vance to any rank or office, by placing in the feat or ftall 
proper to that condition.-—The king chofe him mafter of 
the horfe : after this he was inftalltd of the molt noble or¬ 
der. Wotton-. 
She reigns a goddefs now among the faints. 
That whilom was the faint of fhepherds light, 
And is inf ailed now in heaven's bight. Spenfer. 
INSTALLATION, / The a£t of giving vifible pof- 
feflion of a rank or office, by placing in the proper feat.— 
Upon the election, the bifhop gives a mandate for his in - 
Jiallation. Ay life's Parergsn. . 
INSTALLING,/. The aft of placing in a ftall, or 111 
any feat of office. 
INSTALMENT,/. The a& of inftalling; 
Is it not eafy 
To make lord William Haftings of our mind. 
For the injlalment of this noble duke 
In the feat royal ?' Shahefeare. 
The feat in which one is inftalled: 
Search Windfor-caftle, elves: 
The feveral chairs of order look you fcour; 
Each fair injlalment, coat, and feveral creit, 
With loyal blazon evermore be bleit 1 Shakefpcare. 
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The word is derived from the Latin in, and fallum, a 
term ufed for a feat in church, in the choir, or a feat or 
bench in a court of juftice, &c. Though Voffnis is of 
opinion the word is of German origin. Injlalment is 
chiefly ufed for the induff ion of a dean, prebendary, or 
other ecclefiaftical dignitary, into the poffeflion of his ftall, 
or proper feat, in the cathedral church to which he be¬ 
longs._ This is fometimes alfo called injlallation. The 
fame is likewife ufed for the ceremony, whereby the 
knights of the garter are placed in their rank in the cha¬ 
pel of St. George at Windfor. See Knighthood. 
Instalment, inlaw, a fettlement, eftablifhing, or fure 
placing in; as inftalment into dignities, &c. See fat. 20 
Car. II. c. 2. In ecclefiaftical promotions, where the free¬ 
hold paffes to the perfon promoted, corporal poffeflion is 
required, to veft the property completely in the new pro¬ 
prietor ; who, according to the diltincfion of the ca- 
nonifts, acquires the jus-ad rem, or inchoate and imperfeffr 
right, by nomination and inftitution ; but not the jus in 
re, or complete and full right, unlefs by corporal poffef- 
fion. Therefore in dignities poffeflion is given by infal- 
ment-, in reffories and vicarages by induElion, without which 
no temporal rights accrue to the minifter, though every 
ecclefiaftical power is veiled in him by injlitution. 2 Comm. 
312. See the word Institution. 
Injlalment lignifies alfo either the payment, or the time 
appointed for payment, of different portions of a fum of 
money ; which, by agreement of the parties, inftead of 
being payable in the grofs, at one time, is to be paid in 
parts, at certain ftated times; fuch as are frequently fpe- 
cified in conditions to bonds, Sec. or defeafances, or war¬ 
rants of attorney to confefs judgments. 
IN'STANCE, or Instancy,/ [infance, Fr.] Impor¬ 
tunity ; urgency; lolicitation.—Chriftian men fhould 
much better frame themfelves to thofe heavenly precepts 
which our Lord and Saviour with fo great infancy gave us 
concerning peace and unity, if we did concur to have the 
ancient councils renewed. Hooker. —Motive; influence; 
prefling argument. Not now in ufe. —She dwells fo fecure- 
ly upon her honour, that folly dares not prefent itfelf,. 
Now, could I come to her with any direction in my hand, 
my defires had infance and argument to commend them¬ 
felves. S/iahefpeare. 
The infances that fecond marriage move, 
Are bafe refpedls of thrift, but none of love. Skakefpeare „ 
Profecution or procefs of a fuit.-—The infance of a caufie 
is laid to be that judicial procefs which is made from the 
conteftation of a fuit, even to the time of pronouncing 
fentence in the caufe, or till the end of three years. Ay- 
life. —Example ; document.—We find in hiltory infances- 
of perfons, who, after their prifons have been flung open, 
have cholen rather to languilh in their dungeons, than 
Hake their milerable lives and fortunes upon the fuccefs 
of a revolution. Addifon. —Suppofe the earth lliould be re¬ 
moved nearer to the fun, and revolve for irjlance in the 
orbit of Mercury, the whole ocean would boil with heat. 
Bentley .—The ule of injlances is to illuftrate and explain a 
difficulty ; and this end is bell anfwered by fuch infances 
as are familiar and common. Baker. 
Yet doth this accident 
So far exceed all infance, all difcourfe,. 
That I am ready to diltruft mine eyes. Shakejpeare. 
State of any thing.—Thefe feem as if, in the time of Ed¬ 
ward the Firft, they were drawn up into the form of al¬ 
low in the firft infance. Hale. —Occafion ; acl.—If Eufebia 
has lived as free from fin as it is poflible for human na¬ 
ture, it is becaule the is always watching and guarding 
againft all infances of pride. Law's Serious Call. 
A foul fupreme in each hard infance. try’d 
Above all* pain, all anger, and all pride. Pope. 
To IN'STANCE, v.n. To give or offer an example.—Ins 
tragedy and latire, this age and the laft have excelled the 
ancients 3 ; 
