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Aulnager

business it was to measure all woollen-cloth made for sale, that the Crown might not be defrauded of customs and duties, Termes de la Ley; 2 Steph. Com.

Auditors of the Imprest

of the Imprest, officers of the Exchequer, who formerly had the charge of auditing the accounts of the customs, naval and military expenses, etc., now performed by the commissioners for auditing public accounts, Jac. Law Dict.

Attempt

Attempt [fr. tentare, Lat.; tenter, temter, tempter, O. Fr. to try], an endeavour to commit a crime or unlawful act. Persons indicted for a felony or misdemeanour may be found guilty only of an attempt to...

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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...

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

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

Ad valorem

Ad valorem, a term used in speaking of the duties or customs paid on certain goods (see e.g. (English) Import Duties Act, 1932 (22 Geo. 5, c. 8); the duties

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