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A counsellor, one 352, and April 20, 1818, 3 Story’s learned in the law. Vide Attorney.

L. U. S. 1694; 1 Wait’s State LAZARET or LAZARETTO. Papers, 195.

Vide Cannon Shot. A place selected by public authority EAGUE, crim. law, contracts. where vessels coming from infected In criminal law, a league is a conor unhealthy countries are required spiracy to do an unlawful act. The to perform quarantine. Vide term is but little used. In contracts, Health. it is applied to agreements between has taken place in liquids, by its escaping out of the casks or vessels in which it was kept. By the act of March 2, 1799, s.

59, 1 Story’s Laws U.S.

— 625, it is provided that there be an allowance of two per cent. for leakage on the quantity which shall appear by the guage to be contained in any cask of liquors, subject to duty by the gallon; and ten per cent. on all beer, ale, and porter, in bottles; and five per cent. on all other liquors in bottles;

— to be deducted from the invoice quantity, in lieu of breakage;

— or it shall be lawful to compute the duties on the actual quantity, to be ascertained by tale, at the option of the importer, tobe made at the time of entry.