"Cocket" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

Cocket LAW AND LEGAL
Definition:

In English law. A seal be-longlng to the custom-house, or rather a scroll of parchment, sealed and dellvered by the officers of the cu6tom-house to merchants, as a warrant that their merchandises are entered; likewise a sort of measure. Fleta, lib. 2, c. ix

cocket ENGLISH
Definition:

An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export
are entered.

cocket ENGLISH
Definition:

A customhouse seal; a certified document given to a shipper
as a warrant that his goods have been duly entered and have paid duty.

cocket ENGLISH
Definition:

Pert; saucy.

cocket ENGLISH
Definition:

A measure for bread.

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chophouse ENGLISH

A customhouse where transit duties are levied.

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clearance ENGLISH

A certificate that a ship or vessel has been cleared at the customhouse; permission to sail.

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customhouse ENGLISH

The building where customs and duties are paid, and where vessels are entered or cleared.

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debenture ENGLISH

A customhouse certificate entitling an exporter of imported goods to a drawback of duties paid on their importation.

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douane ENGLISH
enter ENGLISH

To inscribe; to enroll; to record; as, to enter a name, or a date, in a book, or a book …

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enter ENGLISH

To make report of (a vessel or her cargo) at the customhouse; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with …

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entrance ENGLISH

The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering; as, his …

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entry ENGLISH

The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the giving …

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galley ENGLISH

A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.

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jerquer ENGLISH

A customhouse officer who searches ships for unentered goods.

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manifest ENGLISH

A list or invoice of a ship's cargo, containing a description by marks, numbers, etc., of each package of goods, …

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manifest ENGLISH

To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.

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postentry ENGLISH

A second or subsequent, at the customhouse, of goods which had been omitted by mistake.

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tidesman ENGLISH

A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.

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tidewaiter ENGLISH

A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties.

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titling ENGLISH

Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses.

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transire ENGLISH

A customhouse clearance for a coasting vessel; a permit.

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warehouse ENGLISH

To place in the warehouse of the government or customhouse stores, to be kept until duties are paid.

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warehousing ENGLISH

The act of placing goods in a warehouse, or in a customhouse store.

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