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True and first inventor

True and first inventor, does not include either the first importer of an invention into India, or a person to whom an invention is first communi-cated from outside India. [Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970), s....

first degree

first degree : the grade given to the most serious forms of crimes [burglary in the first degree] first-degree adj

first blush

first blush : initial view, appearance, or consideration used esp. in the phrase at first blush [an award can be set aside as excessive if at first blush it indicates prejudice on the part of the...

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first offender

first offender : one convicted of an offense for the first time

first-party coverage

first-party coverage Compensation you receive under your own insurance policy as opposed to receiving payment from someone else's insurance policy, such as the person who caused an accident. Examples of first-party coverage include collision insurance and...

first string

First to play in a game not reserved as a substitute of members of a team Also used in non sports contexts to mean first rate

First class

First class, The meaning of word 'first class' is that 'a term often used in describing goods in a contract of sale and implying that they are such as correspond with the best of their kind...

First hearing of application

First hearing of application, The word first hearing of the application as used in proviso (i) to sub-s. (2) of s. 13 of the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 does not mean the day...

First point leavy

First point leavy, The words 'first point levy' is no doubt a single-point levy. Even a last point levy in the same series of sales is a single-point levy which is distinguishable from a multi-point levy,...

Last in, first out

Last in, first out, means an accounting method that assumes that the most recent purchases are sold or used first. Matching current costs against current revenues, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 887.

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