| n. | 1. | The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity. |
| Noun | 1. | importunity - insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree" |
IMPORTUNITY. Urgent solicitation, with troublesome frequency and
pertinacity.
2. Wills and devises are sometimes set aside in consequence of the
importunity of those who have procured them. Whenever the importunity is
such as to deprive the devisor of the freedom, of his will, the devise
becomes fraudulent and void. Dane's Ab. ch. 127, a. 14, s. 5, 6, 7; 2
Phillim. R. 551, 2.
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