Prime
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In a contract for delivery of “prime barley” prime will be understood according to its use among merchants.
Whitmore v. Coates, 14 Mo. 9.
Prime cost, the true price paid for goods upon a bona fide purchase.
U. S. v. Sixteen Packages, 2 Mas. 53, Fed. Cas. No. 16,303.
Used in Louisiana as “having precedence of”; as, to prime a mortgage.