settling or instituting any person in a dignity. The word is derived from the Latin im, and stallum, a term used for a seat in church, in the choir, or a seat or bench in a court of justice, &c. Though Vossius is of opinion the word is of German origin.

Instalment is chiefly used for the induction of a dean, prebendary, or other ecclesiastical dignitary, into the possession of his stall, or proper seat, in the cathedral church to which he belongs. This is sometimes also called installation.

Instalment is likewise used for the ceremony, whereby the knights of the garter are placed in their rank, in the chapel of St George at Windsor.