Warehouse
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
A building kept for the reception and safe keeping of goods and merchandise. What is known under the laws for collection of duties, as the warehouse, or warehousing system, is the allowing importers who do not choose to pay the duties on their goods, upon their arrival, to keep the goods in a public store or warehouse designated by law, where the owner pays storage, but cannot withdraw the merchandise until the duties are paid. These warehouses are known as bonded warehouses.
Warehouse book
A book used by merchants to contain an account of the quantities of goods received, sent out, and on hand.
Warehouseman.
A person who makes it his business to receive merchandise in quantities, and to keep it in store for the owner until wanted, at a reasonable compensation; the proprietor of a warehouse.