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First Impression

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

First examination; first presentation to a court for examination or decision. A cause which presents a new question for the first time, and for which, consequently, there is no precedent, is said to be a case of the first impression.