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• RECEIPT (M.E. receite, derived through Fr. from Lat. recepta, participle of recipere, to receive)

RECEIPT (M.E. receite, derived through Fr. from See also:

• LAT

Lat. recepta, participle of recipere, to receive)  , in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, an See also:

• ACKNOWLEDGMENT (from the old acknow, a compound of on- and know, to know by the senses, which passed through the forms oknow, aknow and acknow; acknowledge is formed on analogy of " knowledge ")

acknowledgment in See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing that a sum of See also:

• MONEY

money or other valuable considered has been received by the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person See also:

• SIGNING

signing the acknowledgment in See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge of a See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt or other See also:

• OBLIGATION

obligation . Such a See also:

• RECEIPT (M.E. receite, derived through Fr. from Lat. recepta, participle of recipere, to receive)

receipt is prima facie See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence only of See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment, and it may be shown, for example, that it was signed by See also:

• MISTAKE (i.e. take amiss)

mistake, or obtained by See also:

• FRAUD (Lat. fraus, deceit)

fraud or misrepresentation . By the See also:

• STAMP (from " to stamp," to strike or tread heavily, hence to impress, O. Eng. stempen, Du. stampen, Ger. stampfen, whence, O. Fr. estamper, mod. etamper)

Stamp See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of 1891, which repealed and re-enacted other acts, a See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty of Id. is imposed on every receipt or See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of writing discharging a debt of £2 or upwards; the payment of the duty is denoted by affixing a See also:

• PENNY (Mid. Eng. peni or peny, from O. Eng. form penig, earlier penning and pending; the word appears in Ger. Pfennig and Du. penning; it has been connected with Du. pand, Ger. Pfand, and Eng. " pawn,". the word meaning a little pledge or token, or with G
• PENNY, GIANFRANCESCO (1488–1528)

penny stamp to the document, and the cancelling of the same by the person giving the receipt . By § 103 if a person gives a receipt, liable to duty, not duly stamped, or refuses to give a receipt, liable to duty, duly stamped or, on payment to the amount of £2 or upward, gives a receipt for a less sum than £2 or divides the amount paid with See also:

• INTENT (from Lat. intend ere, to stretch out, extend, particularly in the phrase intendere animum, to turn one's mind to, purpose)

intent to evade the duty, he is liable to a See also:

• FINE

fine of £1o . A receipt not duly stamped may be stamped at the Inland See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

Revenue See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

Office within fourteen days on payment of a fine of £5 or within one See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month on payment of £1o .