similitude clause
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 201 U.S. 354 - United States v. Downing · 1906Most cited · 14 citing opinions
tariff
each and every imported article, not enumerated in this act, which is similar, either in material, quality, texture, or the use to which it may be applied, to any article enumerated in this act as chargeable with duty, shall pay the same rate of duty which is levied on the enumerated article which it most resembles in any of the particulars before mentioned.
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