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Unascertained Duties

Payment in gross, on an estimate as to amount, and where the merchant, on a final liquidation, wlll be entltled by law to allowances or de-dnctions which do not depend on the rate of duty charged, but on the ascertainment of the quantlty of the artlcle subject to duty. Moke v. Barney, 5 Blatchf. 274, Fed. Cas. No. 0,696

Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)