Florin
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A coin, originally made at Florence. Called, also, "gulder."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A coin originally made at Florence, now of the value of about two English shillings.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
comm. law, a denomination of money, of the United Netherlands. It is computed in the ad volorem duty upon goods, &c. at the rate of forty cents. Act of March 2, 1799, s. 61, 1 Story’s L. U.S. 626. Vide Foreign coins. FLOTSAM or FLOTSAN, a name for the goods which float upon the sea when a ship is sunk, in distinction from Jetsam, (q. v.) and FQiTICIDE, med. jur. Recently this term has been applied to designate the act by which criminal abortion is produced. 1 Beck’s Med. Jur. 288.