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At the instance of

it appears mean 'at the behest of, or at the solicitation of.' The word 'instance' as a verb means 'to urge,

Barratry

the see of Rome. Vexatious incitement to litigation, esp. by soliciting potential legal clients; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

Betting

Loans (Infants) Act, 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 4), soliciting infants by circular, etc., to bet is made a misdemeanour

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Candidate

[fr. Candidatus, Lat., clothed in white], a competitor, one who solicits or proposes himself for a place or office. The name

Chimney-sweeps

& 58 Vict. c. 51), imposes a penalty for noisy solicitation of employment as a chimney-sweeper by ringing a bell or

Emigrant runner

any port or within five miles of it, for reward, solicits any intending emigrant on behalf of broker or owner or

Prostitute

1002. A woman who indiscriminately consorts with men for hire. Solicitation by prostitutes is punishable in towns by the (English) Town

Seduction

to have unlawful intercourse with him by means of persuasion, solicitation, promises or bribes, or other means not involving force, Black's

To ply for hire

of the usual fares or to offer its use thereby soliciting customers, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. v. Registering Authority, (1999) 8 SCC

Obtrude

thrust impertinently to present to a person without warrant or solicitation as to obtrude ones self upon a company to obtrude

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