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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Goods manufactured under some exclusive individual right to make and sell them. The term is chiefly used in the internal revenue laws of the United States.
See Ferguson v. Arthur, 117 U. S. 482 , 6 Sup. Ct. 861, 29 L. Ed. 079; In re Gourd (C. Ct) 49 Fed. 729.