Imprimere
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
To impress or press; to imprint or print I M P R I M E R Y. In some of the ancient English statutes this word is used to signify a printing office; the art of printing; a print or impression. IMPRIMIS (Lat). In the first place. It is commonly used to denote the first clause in an Instrument, especially in wills, item being used to denote the subsequent clauses. This is also its classical and literal meaning. Ainsv Vorth, Diet. See Fleta, lib. 2, c. 54. Imprimitua and imprimum also occur. Dp Cange; Prec. Ch. 430; Casses temp. Talb. 110; 6 Madd. 31; Magna Cart. 9 Hen. III.; 2 Anc. Laws & Inst, of Eng. The. use of imprimis does not import a precedence of the bequest to which it is prefixed; Everett v. Carr, 59 Me. 325; 1 Rop. Leg. 426.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
L To press
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
To press upon; to impress or press; to imprint or print.