Permit
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
A license or warrant to do something not forbidden by law; as, to land goods imported into the United States, after the duties have been paid or secured to be paid.
Act of Cong. of 2d March, 1799, s. 49, cl. 2.
Sce form of such a permit, Gord. Dig. Appx. No. IT.
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