Land Waiter

In English law. An officer of the custom house, Whose duty Is, upon landing any merchandise, to examine, taste, weigh, or measure it, and to take an account thereof. In some ports they also execute the office of a coast waiter. Thay are likewise occasionally styled "searchers," and are to attend and join vrith the patent searchers in the execution of all cockets for the shipping of goods to be exported to foreign parts; and, in cases where drawbacks on bounties are to be paid to the merchant on the exportation of any goods, they, as well as the patent searchers, are to certify the shipping thereof on the debentures. Enc. Lond.

In English Law. A custom-house officer who superintends the landing of goods, and who examines, measures, tastes, or weighs them and takes account of it. They are also sometimes required to superintend the shipment of goods where drawbacks are allowed, and to certify the shipping of them on the debentures. They are sometimes called Coast Waiters or Landing Waiters.

In English law. An officer of the custom-house, whose duty is, upon landing any merchandise, to examine, taste, weigh, or measure it, and to take an account thereof. In some ports they also execute the office' of a coast waiter. They are likewise occasionally styled "searchers" and are to attend and join with the patent searcher in the execution of ali cockets for the shipping of goods to be exported to foreign parts; and, in cases where drawbacks on bounties are to be paid to the merchant on the exportation of any goods, they, as well as the patent searchers, are to certify the shipping thereof on the debentures. Enc. Lond.

Defined under Land in Black's Law Dictionary.

In Englishlaw. An officer of the custom-house, whose duty is, upon landing any merchandise, to examine, taste, weigh, or measure it, and to take an account thereof. In some ports they also execute the office of a coast waiter. They are likewise occasionally styled “searchers, ” and are to attend and join with the patent searcher in the execution of all cockets for the shipping of goods to be exported to fareign parts; and, in cases where drawbacks on bounties are to be paid tu the merchant on the exportation of any goods, they, as well as the patent searchers, are to certify the shipping thereof on the debentures. Enc, Lond.