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first option to buy.See RIGHT OF PREEMPTION.[Blacks Law 8th]

first office action.See OFFICE ACTION.[Blacks Law 8th]

first offender.See OFFENDER.[Blacks Law 8th]

first of exchange.Archaic. The first in a series of drafts (bills of exchange) drawn in duplicate or triplicate for safety in their delivery, the intention being that the acceptance and payment of any one of them, usu. the first to arrive, cancels the others in the set.[Blacks Law 8th]

first-named insured.See primary insured under INSURED.[Blacks Law 8th]

first name.See personal name under NAME.[Blacks Law 8th]

first-mortgage bond.See BOND(3).[Blacks Law 8th]

first mortgage.See MORTGAGE[Blacks Law 8th]

first meeting.Archaic. Criminal law. The first contact between a killer and a victim after the killer has been informed of the victim’s insulting words or conduct that provoked the killing. • If the killing occurred during the first meeting, a murder charge could be reduced to manslaughter. See HEAT OF PASSION .[Blacks Law 8th]

first magistrate.See MAGISTRATE(1).[Blacks Law 8th]