Cocket

A seal appertaining to the king's custom house. Reg. Orig. 192. A scroll or parchment sealed and delivered by the oflicers of the custom house to merchants, as an evidence that their wares are customed. Cowell; Spelman. See 7 Low. (U. S.) 116. The entry office in the custom house itself. A kind of bread said by Cowell to be hard-baked; sea biscuit.

cocquet, coquet. In a scroll or piece of officers as a warrant that customs outward, due to the

Tbe seal of a custom-house. A certificate that the duties have been duly paid on goods.

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.

commerce. In England the office af the custom house, where the goods to be exported are entered, is so called; also the custom house seal, or the parchment sealed and delivered by the officers of customs to merchants, as a warrant that their goods are customed. Crabbe’s Tech. Dict.