Search results for: “customs enforcement”
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Bill Of Lading
A property . See Saltus v Everett, N. Y., 20 Wend. 267, 32 Am. Dec. 541.
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Custom
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Custom Meaning of Custom usage , having the force of law, being established by long use and consent of ancestors. local common law as distinguished from general common law. Not a statute law but a […]
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ICC
Legal Definition and Related Resources of I.C.C. Meaning of I.C.C. Abbreviation of interstate commerce commission . Related Entries of I.C.C. in the Encyclopedia of Law Project Browse or run a search […]
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Magna Carta
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Magna Carta Meaning of Magna Carta The name of the charter granted by King John of England in the year 1215 A.D., at the compulsion of his barons, at the plains of Runnymede, consisting of a collection of […]
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Duty
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Duty Meaning of Duty A tax, an impost or imposition; also, an obligation . Also the correlative of right . International Trade Meaning and Definition of Duty A tax […]
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Usage
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Usage Meaning of Usage The practice of customs that has endured for a long time. It must be notorious, certain and, above all things, reasonable and not offend against the intention of any legislative […]
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Ethnic Minority
Ethnic minority in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of ethnic minority.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Policeman Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading ethnic minority in […]
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Inspector
The name given to certain officers whose duties are to examine and inspect things over which they have jurisdiction; as, inspector of bark, one who is by law authorized to examine bark for exportation, and to approve or disapprove of its quality. Inspectors of customs are officers […]
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Hague Conventions
The agreements signed by the Powers in conference at The Hague as to the rules of international law by which they shall be bound. They are: 1899.(1) Pacific Settlement of International Disputes;(2) Laws and Customs of War on Land ;(3) Adaptation of Principles of Geneva […]
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Free Movement
Free movement in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of free movement.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Work Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading free movement in A […]
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Smuggling
At common law , the term signified bringing on shore or carrying from shore of goods , wares and merchandise for which duty has not been paid or goods the importation or exportation whereof was prohibited.The term now generally refers to the act of surreptitiously and by concealment […]