Debenture

[from Lat. debere, to owe.] A custom-house certificate, entitling the exporter of imported goods to a drawback of duties paid on their importation.

Act of Congress, March 2, 1799, s. 80. StaU 3 & 4 Will IV. c. 62, § 86.

See Drawback, An instrument in use in some government departments, by which government is charged to pay to a creditor or his assigns, the sum found due on auditing his accounts. Brande, Blount