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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In English Law. Places where a custom-house has been kept of old time, with officers or deputies in attendance; and they are lawful places of exportation or importation.
1 Chitty, Com. Law, 726.
MEMBRANA (Lat.). In Civil and Old English Law. Parchment; a skin of parchment. Vocab, Jur. Utr.; Du Cange. The English foils were composed of several skins, sometimes as many as forty-seven.
Hale, Hist. Comm. Law 17. Mi^MOIRE.
In French Law. A document In the form of a petition by which appeals to the court of cassation are initiated.