Cocket
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Coquet. [L. Lat. cockettum.] In English law. A seal belonging to the custom-house.
Reg. Orig. 192.
Pars sigilli quod dicitur cocket. Id. ibid.
3 Salk. 172.
A scroll or piece of parchment, sealed and delivered by the officers of the custom-house to merchants, as a warrant that their merchandizes are customed.
Stat. 11 Hen. VI., c. 16.
Anciently called litera de coketto, or literae testimoniales de cocketto.
Reg. Orig. 279. Cowell. Blount.
Spelman, voc.
Cockettum.