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Drawback






Drawback

Common law. An allowance made by the government to merchants on the reexportation of certain imported goods liable to duties, which, in some cases, consists of the whole; in others, of a part of the duties which had been paid upon the importation.

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Common
marriage law. a marriage in which no formal ceremony took place and no license exists.

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.

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.

Liable
Legally responsible.

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.

Cases
General term for an action, cause, suit, or controversy, at law or in equity; questions contested before a court of justice.



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Drawee
A person to whom a bill of exchange is addressed, and who is requested to pay the amount of money therein mentioned.

Drawer
Contracts. The party who makes a bill of exchange.

Drawing
A representation on paper, card, or other substance.



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Dower unde nihil habet
This is a writ of right in its nature. It lies only against the tenant of the freehold.

Dowress
A woman entitled to dower.

Dowry
Formerly applied to mean that which a woman brings to her hushand in marriage; this is now called a portion.

Dragoman
An interpreter employed in the east, and particularly at the Turkish court.

Drain
Conveying the water from one place to another, for the purpose of drying the former.

Drawback

Drawee
A person to whom a bill of exchange is addressed, and who is requested to pay the amount of money therein mentioned.

Drawer
Contracts. The party who makes a bill of exchange.

Drawing
A representation on paper, card, or other substance.

Dreit
Droit. The whole collection of laws, written and unwritten, and is synonymous to our word law.

Driftway
A road or way over which cattle are driven.

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