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Attachment, Foreign

obtaining the goods or property in satisfaction of the demand. It is also called garnishment. As to the custom prevailing in the City of London, see FOREIGN ATTACHMENT and consult Brandon on For. Attach

Assossory

Central Excise, (1989) 4 SCC 724: 1990 SCC Tax 138; Hindustan Sanitaryware & Industries Ltd. v. Collector of Customs, (2000) 10 SCC 224.

Assessment

Assessment, includes provisional assessment, reassessment and any order of assessment in which the duty assessed is nil. [Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), s. 2 (2)] Includes re-assessment. [Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957), s. 2...

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Assart, or Essart

Assach, or Assath, a custom of purgation formerly used in Wales, by which an accused party cleared or purged himself of the accusation

Assach, or Assath

Assach, or Assath, a custom of purgation formerly used in Wales, by which an accused party cleared or purged himself of the accusation

Armorial bearings

borne on plate, carriages, seals, or in any other way. This Act is now replaced by the (English) Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 14), s. 19, by which 'armorial bearings' includes

Arbitration

found their power in the compromise of the parties; the former being obliged to judge according to the customs of the law: whereas the latter is at liberty to use his own discretion, and accommodate the difference

Antiquity

from a building or cave, (iii) any article, object or thing illustrative of science, art, crafts, literature, religion, customs, morals or politics in bygone ages, (iv) any article, object or thing of historical interest, and (v) any

Anhlote

Anhlote, a single tribute or tax, paid according to the custom of the country as scot and lot, Leges Wm. I. c. 64.

Acquired possession

Acquired possession, The words 'acquired possession' or 'keeping' in clause (b) of s. 135(1) are not to be restricted to 'possession' or 'keeping' acquired as an owner or a purchaser of the goods. the expression 'acquired...

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