Found 1 items, similar to A variance.
English → English (gcide) Definition: A variance Variance \Va"ri*ance\, n. [L. variantia.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation. [1913 Webster] 2. Difference that produce dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel. [1913 Webster] That which is the strength of their amity shall prove the immediate author of their variance. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. (Law) A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster] A variance, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or controversy; at enmity. “What cause brought him so soon at variance with himself?” --Milton. [1913 Webster]