Receipt

A receipt is the written acknowledgment of the receipt of money or a thing of value, without containing any affirmative obligation upon either party to it; a mere admission of a fact, in writing.

Krutz v. Craig, 53 Ind. 574.

A receipt may be defined to be such a written acknowledgment by one person of his having received money from another as will be prima facie evidence of that fact in a court of law.

Kegg v. State, lo Ohio, 75.

Also the act or transaction of accepting or taking anything delivered. In old practice. Admission of a party to defend a suit, as of a wlfe on default of the husband in certain cases.

Litt § 668; Co.. Litt. 352b.