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FIRST IMPRESSION

The initial presentation to, or examination by, a court of a particularquestion of law.

A case is labeled of the first impression when it sets forth a completely original issue of law for decision by the court. Such a case cannot be decided by reliance on any existing precedent, law formulated in a prior case decided on a comparable question of law, or similar facts.

West's Encyclopedia of American Law

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