First Class

The term "first class" is a relative term, aiid depends upon the use of the thing to which it is applied, and the character of the persons who are to use it. 218 111. 90.

Occupying the Nbighest standing in a particular classification. In a contract for “first-class” work, it is for the jury to decide as to whether the terms were substantially complied with; Boughton v. Smith, 67 Hun 652, 22 N. Y. Supp. 148. A stipulation in a contract that the title of the vehdor shall be first-class means simply that it shall be marketable; Vought v. Williams, 120 N. Y. 253, 24 N. B. 195, 8 L. R. A. 591, 17 Am. St. Rep. 634.

Of the most superior or excellent grade or kind; belonging to the head or chief or numerically precedent of several classes into which the general subject is divided.

— First-class mail-matter. In the postal laws. A11 mailable matter containing writing and ali else that is sealed against inspection.

— First-class misdemeanant. In English law. Under the prisons act (28 & 29 Viet. c. 126, § 67) prisoners in the county, city, and borough prisons convicted of misdemeanor, and not sentenced to hard labor, are divided into two classes, one of which is calied the "first division;" and it is in the discretion of the court to order that such a prisoner be treated as a misdemeanant of the first division, usually called "first-class misdemeanant," and as such not to be deemed a criminal prisoner, i. e., a prisoner convicted of a crime. Bouvier.

— First-class title. A marketable title, shown by a clean record, or at least not depending on presumptions that must be overcome or facts that are uncertain. Vought v. Williams, 120 N. Y. 253, 24 N. E. 195, 8 lx R. A. 591, 17 Am. St. Rep. 634.