receipt

receipt
The acceptance of property upon a delivery thereof. The acceptance of money offered by way of payment or gift. An acknowledgment in writing of the receipt of money. Glickman v Weston, 140 Or 117, 11 P2d 281, 12 P2d 1005. Written evidence of the discharge of an obligation. No receipt can have the effect of destroying per se any subsisting right; it is only evidence of a fact. It is not a release. A receipt "in full," however, given knowingly and without fraud, has been accorded the conclusive effect of a formal release, but such cases are usually those of compromise of disputed claims or receipts for unliquidated damages. Ryan v Ward, 48 NY 204. A mere receipt for money does not import a promise, obligation, or liability and hence is not within the statute of limitations governing contracts, but if it recites that the money received is to be applied to the account of the person from whom it was received, it partakes of both a receipt and a contract and becomes subject to the statute of limitations applicable to contracts. 34 Am J1st Lim Ac § 85. See interim receipt; trust receipt; warehouse receipt.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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  • receipt — re·ceipt /ri sēt/ n 1: the act, process, or fact of taking possession 2: something (as income) received usu. used in pl. 3: a writing acknowledging the receiving of goods or money Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …   Law dictionary

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  • Receipt — Re*ceipt , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Receipted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Receipting}.] 1. To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff. [1913 Webster] 2. To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Receipt — Re*ceipt , v. i. To give a receipt, as for money paid. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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