customs law

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• Customs Court — See: Court of International Trade Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 …   Law dictionary

• customs duties — the duties payable on the importation into a country of goods purchased abroad. In the UK, value added tax on imported goods is payable on a sum comprising the price of the imported goods plus any customs duty payable thereon. Collins dictionary… …   Law dictionary

• customs — index protocol (etiquette) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 customs …   Law dictionary

• Customs & Excise — The former UK government department which had responsibility for value added tax and customs duties. Customs & Excise was merged with the Inland Revenue on 18 April 2005 to form HM Revenue & Customs. Related links value added tax …   Law dictionary

• law merchant — n: the commercial rules developed under English common law that influenced modern commercial law and that are referred to as supplementing rules set down in the Uniform Commercial Code and in state codes Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law.… …   Law dictionary

• customs union — one of the main ways in which the European Union seeks to achieve a common market. It involves two major steps: (1) the prohibition of customs duties and measures having equivalent effect; (2) the adoption of a common external tariff against the… …   Law dictionary

• law — / lȯ/ n [Old English lagu, of Scandinavian origin] 1: a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority: as a: a command or provision enacted by a legislature see also statute 1 b:… …   Law dictionary

• Customs and Border Protection — (CBP) Formerly referred to as the Border Patrol, this is now an agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). One of its responsibilities is to keep the U.S. borders secure from people crossing illegally. Another one is to meet… …   Law dictionary

• law of admiralty — See: maritime law Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009. law of admiralty …   Law dictionary

• customs documents — index bill (formal declaration) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• Customs — This article is about import/export tariffs. For other uses, see Custom (disambiguation). Customs, Tolls or Duties of the Corporation of Kinsale (1788) Customs is an authority or agency in a country responsible for collecting and safeguarding cus …   Wikipedia