Shop

A building in which goods and merchandise are Bold at retail or where mechanica work, and sometimes keep their products for sale. See State v. Morgan, 98 N. C. 641, 3 S. E. 927; State v. O'Connell, 26 Ind. 267; State v. Sprague, 149 Mo. 409, 50 S. W. 901. Strictly, a shop is a place where goods are sold by retail, and a store a place where goods are deposited; bat, in this country, shops for the sale of goods are frequently called "stores.' Com. v. Annis, 15 Gray (Mass.) 197.

— Shop-hooks. Books of original entry kept by tradesmen, shop-keepers, mechanics, and the like, in which are entered their accounts and charges for goods sold, work done, etc.