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Bullion

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The term "bullion" is commonly applied to uncoined gold and silver, in the mass or lump.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Uncoined gold and silver.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The term bullion is commonly applied to uncoined gold and silver, in the mass or lump.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Gold and silver intended to be coined. The term is usually applied to a quantity of these metals ready for the mint, but as yet lying in bars, plates, lumps or other masses; but it may also include ornaments or dishes of gold and silver or foreign coins not current as money, when intended to be descriptive of its adaptability to be coined, and not of other purposes to which it may be put. Hope Min. Co. v. Kennon, 3 Mont. 44; Thalheim v. State, 38 Fla. 169, 20 South. 938; Counsel v. Min. Co., 5 Daly (N. Y.) 77.

Bullion fund. A fund of public money mnintained in connection with the mints, for the purpose of purchasing precious metals for coinage.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Gold and silver intended to be coined. The term is usually applied to a quantity of these metals ready for the mint, but as yet lying in bars, plates, lumps, or other masses; but it may also inelude ornaments or dishes of gold and silver, or foreign eoins not current as money, when intended to be descriptive of its adaptability to be coined, and not of other purposes to which it may be put.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

Uncoined gold and silver, either smelted, refined, or in the condition in which it is used for coining. Fr m an early penod, has been associated with or employed as a term denoting money.' See Bank, 2 (2). 1 Kelly V. Eosenstock, 45 Md. 392 (1876), cases. ' Miller v. Hershey, 59 Pa. 69 (1868),. cases. 3 See Revenue Act, 13 July, 1886: 14 St. L. 121. •1 Addison, Torts, §569; People v. Buddensieck, 4

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

in its usual acceptation, is uncoined gold or silver, in bars, plates, or other masses. In the acts of Congress the term is also applied to copper properly manufactured for the purpose of being coined into money. For the acts of Concress authorising the coinage of bullion for private individuals, see Act of April 2, 1792, 8s. 14, 1 Story, 230; Act of May 19, 1828, 4 Sharsw. cont. of Story’s Laws U. S. 2120; Act of June 28, 1834, Id. 2376; Act of January 18, 1837, Id. 2522 to 2529. See for the English law on the subject of crimes against bullion, 1 Hawk. P. C. 32 to 41.