Impression
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
An image fixed on the mind; a belief. See 22 U. S. 483, 6 L. Ed. 140.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A case involving a new state of facts or a question yet undetermined and therefore without precedent is usually termed a “case of first impression.”
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A "case of the first impression" is one without a precedent; one presenting a wholly new state of facts; one involving a question never before determined.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A “case of the first impression” is one without a precedent; one presenting a wholly new state of facts; one invoiving a question never before determined.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
1. A cause in which a question arises for the first time is termed a "case of the first impression." ' 2. Effect produced upon the mind of a juror.^ See Opinion, 2.