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Record 1 1984-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Status of Persons (Private Law)
  • Trade
  • Taxation
DEF

an officer of the custom-house, whose duty was, upon landing any merchandise, to examine, taste, weigh, or measure it, and to take an account thereof. (...) Land-waiters were occasionally styled searchers, and attended and joined with the patent-searcher in the execution of dockets for the shipping of goods to be exported to foreign parts; (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statut des personnes (Droit privé)
  • Commerce
  • Fiscalité
OBS

"Littoral" désigne l'ensemble des côtes qui bordent une mer ou un pays .

Spanish

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