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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, 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 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 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Act of 1891, which repealed and re-enacted other acts, a See also: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 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 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 on payment of £1o.

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