Va"ri*ance (?), n. [L. variantia.]
1. The quality or state of being variant; change of
condition; variation.
2. Difference that produce dispute or controversy;
disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.
That which is the strength of their amity shall prove the
immediate author of their variance.
Shak.
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.
A variance, in disagreement; in a state of
dissension or controversy; at enmity. "What cause brought him so soon
at variance with himself?" Milton.