The chief officer of police or superintendent of markets in a large town or city in India
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A measure of time; a space in which the same revolutions begin again; -a periodical space of time. Enc. Lond
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one who steals by the method of cutting purses; a common prac-tice when men wore thelr purses at tbeir girdles, as was once the custom, wharton
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In Hindu law. Corrupt-ed from Kachari. A court; a hall; au office; the place where any public business is transacted
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Sax. Known, knowing. Uncuth, unknown. See Couthutlauuh, Uncvni
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(Lat Ancient or great duties.) The duties on wool, sheep-skin, .or wool-pelts and leather exported were so called, and were payable by every merchant, stranger as well as na-tive, with the exception that merchant stran-gers paid one-half as much again as natives. 1 Bl. Comm. 314.
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(Small and new customs.) Imposts of 3d. in the pound, due formerly in England from mer-chant strangers only, for all commodities, as well imported as exported. This was usually called the “aliens duty,” and was first granted in 31 Edw. I. 1 Bl. Comm. 314; 4 Inst 29
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A court of the Unlt-ed States, created by act of congress In 1909, to hear and determine appeals from the decisions of the revenue ofilcers in the imposition and collection of customs-duties. It is composed of a chief Judge and four as-sociates, and sits at washington
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Lat. A custodian, guard, keep-er, or warden; a magistrate
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According to custom or usage; founded on, or growing out of, or dependent on, a custom, (q. v
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This term is usually applied to those taxes which are payable upon goods and merchandise imported or exported. Story, Const. | 949; Pollock v. Trust Co., 158 U. S. 601, 15 Sup. Ct. 912, 39 L. Ed. 1108; Marriott v. Brune, 9 How. 632,13 L. Ed. 282
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A usage or practice of tlie people, which, by common adoption and ac-quiesceuce. and by long aud uuvaryiug habit, has become compulsory, and has acquired the force of a law with respect to the place or subject-matter to which it relates. Adams v. Insurance Co., 95 Pa. 355. 40 Am. Rep. <5G2; Lindsay v. Cusimano (C. C.) 12 Fed. 504; Strother v. Lucas, 12 I’et. 445. 9 L. Eil. 1137; Minis v. Nelson (C. C.) 43 Fed. 779; Piinaud v. Jones, 1 Cal. 498; llursli v. North. 40 Pa. 241
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In administrative law. Tbe house or office where commodities are entered for importation or exportation
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In Engllsh law. A grant from the crowu under the exchequer seal, by which the custody of lands, etc., seis-ed in the king’s bauds, is demised or couimlt-ted to some person as custodee or lessee thereof, wharton
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The care and keeping of anything; as when an article is said to be “in the custody of the court.” People v. Burr, 41 IIow. Prac. (N. Y.) 296; Einmerson v. State, 33 Tex. Cr. R. 89, 25 S. W. 290; Roe v. Irwin, 32 Ga. 39. Also the detainer of a man’s person by virtue of lawful process or authority; actual imprisonment. In a sentence that the defendant “be in custody until,” etc., this term imports actual Im-prlsonment. The duty of the sheriff under Buch a sentence is not performed by allowing the defendant to go at large tinder his gen-eral watch and control, but so doing renders him liable for an escape. Smith v„ Com., 59 Pa. 320; wilkes v. Slaughter, 10 N. C. 216; Turner v. Wilson, 49 Ind. 581; Ex parte Powers (D. C.) 129 Fed. 985
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The
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In the custody of the law. Stockwell v. Robinson, 9 Houst (Del.) 313, 32 Ati. 528
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writs for the admitting and removing of guardians
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In Roman law. Guard-dians; observers; inspectors. Persons who
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A term used in Hiiulostnn for the discount or allowance made in the exchange of rupees, in contradistinction to batta, which is the sum deducted. Enc. Loud
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A curtilage; the area or space within the lnclosure of a dwelling-house. Spelmau
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A garden; a space about a house; a house, or manor; a conrt, or pal-ace; a court of justice; a nobleman’s resi-dence. Spelman
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The uame of King Edward the Confessor’s sword. It is said that the point of it wns broken, as au emblem of mercy. (Mat. Par. in Hen. III.) wharton
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