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Custom-house
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Custom-houseA place appointed by law, in ports of entry, where importers of goods, wares and merchandise are bound to enter the same, in order to pay or secure the duties or customs due to the government.
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Place
Pleading, evidence. A particular portion of space; locality.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Entry
1) Criminal law. The unlawful breaking into a house, in order to commit a crime. 2) Estates, rights. The taking possession of lands by the legal owner. 3) Commercial law. The act of setting down the particulars of a sale, or other transaction, in a merchant's or tradesman's accouut books; such entries are, in general, prima facie evidence of the sale and delivery, and of work, done.
Merchandise
By this term is understood all those things which merchants sell either wholesale or retail, as dry goods, hardware, groceries, drugs, &c. It is usually applied to personal chattels only, and to those which are not required for food or immediate support, but such as remain after having been used or which are used only by a slow consumption.
Order
An instruction rightfully given by someone superior in hyerarchy. Also, a social state of civil coexistance without widespread public violence.
Duties
In its most enlarged sense, this word is nearly equivalent to taxes, embracing all impositions or charges levied on persons or things; in its more restrained sense, it is often used as equivalent to customs or imposts.
Customs
This term is usually applied to those taxes which are payable upon goods and merchandise imported or exported.
Government
"natural and political law. The manner in which sovereignty is exercised in each state. There are three simple forms of government, the democratic, the aristocratic, and monarchical. But these three simple forms may be varied to infinity by the mixture and divisions of their different powers. Sometimes by the word government is understood the body of men, or the individual in the state, to whom is entrusted the executive power. It is taken in this sense when the government is spoken of in opposition to other bodies in the state.
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Custodia legis
Custody of the law. Expenses in custodia legis are incurred, in the common interest of the creditors, to preserve the ship during the period of its arrest or attachment. Such expenses, together with costs of arrest and sale of the ship, are ordinarily ranked immediately after "special legislative rights" (infra) and ahead of all other maritime claims.
Custodial parent
The parent a child normally lives with, and the one who makes legal decisions concerning the child. there are several different types of custody arrangements. (see child custody section in your state).
Custody
The detainer of a person by virtue of a lawful authority.
Custody level (jail)
In the US penitentiary jargon, an assigned category achieved by objective scoring that identifies an inmate?s required housing and supervision needs, and which determines to a large extent where and how the inmate is housed.
Custom
French custume; Latin costuma; con, together, very; suere, to make one's own - have it one's own way. That length of usage which has become law; a usage which has acquired the force of law.
Custom of merchants
Lex mercatoria. A system of customs acknowledged and taken notice of by all nations, and are, therefore, a part of the general law of the land.
Customary rights
Rights which are acquired by custom.
Customs
This term is usually applied to those taxes which are payable upon goods and merchandise imported or exported.
Custos morum
(United Kingdom) A guardian of morals.
Custos rotulorum
English law. The principal justice of the peace of a county, who is the keeper of the records of the county.
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Custodial parent
The parent a child normally lives with, and the one who makes legal decisions concerning the child. there are several different types of custody arrangements. (see child custody section in your state).
Custody
The detainer of a person by virtue of a lawful authority.
Custom
French custume; Latin costuma; con, together, very; suere, to make one's own - have it one's own way. That length of usage which has become law; a usage which has acquired the force of law.
Custom of merchants
Lex mercatoria. A system of customs acknowledged and taken notice of by all nations, and are, therefore, a part of the general law of the land.
Customary rights
Rights which are acquired by custom.
Custom-house
Customs
This term is usually applied to those taxes which are payable upon goods and merchandise imported or exported.
Custos morum
(United Kingdom) A guardian of morals.
Custos rotulorum
English law. The principal justice of the peace of a county, who is the keeper of the records of the county.
Cyber-crime
Referring to frauds perpetrated on the Internet or through the use of computers.
Cycle counts
In inventory control, counting various portions of the inventory frequently until it is all counted (vs. counting the whole inventory once a quarter or once a year).
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Place
Pleading, evidence. A particular portion of space; locality.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Entry
1) Criminal law. The unlawful breaking into a house, in order to commit a crime. 2) Estates, rights. The taking possession of lands by the legal owner. 3) Commercial law. The act of setting down the particulars of a sale, or other transaction, in a merchant's or tradesman's accouut books; such entries are, in general, prima facie evidence of the sale and delivery, and of work, done.
Merchandise
By this term is understood all those things which merchants sell either wholesale or retail, as dry goods, hardware, groceries, drugs, &c. It is usually applied to personal chattels only, and to those which are not required for food or immediate support, but such as remain after having been used or which are used only by a slow consumption.
Order
An instruction rightfully given by someone superior in hyerarchy. Also, a social state of civil coexistance without widespread public violence.
Duties
In its most enlarged sense, this word is nearly equivalent to taxes, embracing all impositions or charges levied on persons or things; in its more restrained sense, it is often used as equivalent to customs or imposts.
Customs
This term is usually applied to those taxes which are payable upon goods and merchandise imported or exported.
Government
"natural and political law. The manner in which sovereignty is exercised in each state. There are three simple forms of government, the democratic, the aristocratic, and monarchical. But these three simple forms may be varied to infinity by the mixture and divisions of their different powers. Sometimes by the word government is understood the body of men, or the individual in the state, to whom is entrusted the executive power. It is taken in this sense when the government is spoken of in opposition to other bodies in the state.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Custodia legis
Custody of the law. Expenses in custodia legis are incurred, in the common interest of the creditors, to preserve the ship during the period of its arrest or attachment. Such expenses, together with costs of arrest and sale of the ship, are ordinarily ranked immediately after "special legislative rights" (infra) and ahead of all other maritime claims.
Custodial parent
The parent a child normally lives with, and the one who makes legal decisions concerning the child. there are several different types of custody arrangements. (see child custody section in your state).
Custody
The detainer of a person by virtue of a lawful authority.
Custody level (jail)
In the US penitentiary jargon, an assigned category achieved by objective scoring that identifies an inmate?s required housing and supervision needs, and which determines to a large extent where and how the inmate is housed.
Custom
French custume; Latin costuma; con, together, very; suere, to make one's own - have it one's own way. That length of usage which has become law; a usage which has acquired the force of law.
Custom of merchants
Lex mercatoria. A system of customs acknowledged and taken notice of by all nations, and are, therefore, a part of the general law of the land.
Customary rights
Rights which are acquired by custom.
Customs
This term is usually applied to those taxes which are payable upon goods and merchandise imported or exported.
Custos morum
(United Kingdom) A guardian of morals.
Custos rotulorum
English law. The principal justice of the peace of a county, who is the keeper of the records of the county.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Custodial parent
The parent a child normally lives with, and the one who makes legal decisions concerning the child. there are several different types of custody arrangements. (see child custody section in your state).
Custody
The detainer of a person by virtue of a lawful authority.
Custom
French custume; Latin costuma; con, together, very; suere, to make one's own - have it one's own way. That length of usage which has become law; a usage which has acquired the force of law.
Custom of merchants
Lex mercatoria. A system of customs acknowledged and taken notice of by all nations, and are, therefore, a part of the general law of the land.
Customary rights
Rights which are acquired by custom.
Custom-house
Customs
This term is usually applied to those taxes which are payable upon goods and merchandise imported or exported.
Custos morum
(United Kingdom) A guardian of morals.
Custos rotulorum
English law. The principal justice of the peace of a county, who is the keeper of the records of the county.
Cyber-crime
Referring to frauds perpetrated on the Internet or through the use of computers.
Cycle counts
In inventory control, counting various portions of the inventory frequently until it is all counted (vs. counting the whole inventory once a quarter or once a year).
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