manifest
Defined in 10 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879)
United States Code
18 U.S.C. § 3600 — in this section
the term “manifest” means that which is unmistakable, clear, plain, or indisputable and requires that the opposite conclusion be clearly evident.
42 U.S.C. § 6903 — under this chapter
The term “manifest” means the form used for identifying the quantity, composition, and the origin, routing, and destination of hazardous waste during its transportation from the point of generation to the point of disposal, treatment, or storage.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A written instrument containing a true account of the cargo of a ship or a commercial vessel. It must contain a list of all packages or separate items of freight ivith their distinguishing marks, contain a description of the vessel and the designation of its owners and the names of the consignees and pass^gers with a list of their baggage and an account of the sea stores remaining; U. S. R. S. § 2807. The manifest should be made out, dated, and signed by the captain at places where the goods or any part of them are taken on board. The want of a manifest where one is required and also the making a falde manifest, are grave offences. In Evidence. Clear and requiring no proof; notorious; apparent by examination; open; palpable; incontrovertible. It is synonymous with evident, visible, or plain. Hermance v. Sup’rs of Ulster County, 71 N. Y. 486.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
One of a ship's papers, containing a specification of the nature and quantity of the cargo laden, the place where it was taken on board, and the port for which it is destined, with other particulars. It is sometimes called a sea-letter.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In maritime law. A sea-letter; a written document required to be earried by merchant vessels, containing an account of the cargo, with other particulars, for the facility of the customs officers. In evidence. That which is clear and requires no proof; that which is notorious, Manifesta probatione non indigent. 7 Coke, 40. Things manifesi do not require proof.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
1 1. Apparent by examination, without need of evidence to make it more clear; open, palpable, incontrovertible. Synonymous with evident, visible, plain, obvious to the understanding from an examination: as, that there is eri'or in an assessment from inspection of the roll or return.^ 3. A document showing of what goods a. cargo consists, where laden on board, for whom laden, to whom consigned, etc.3
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
A sea-letter; one of a ship's papers, specifying the cargo, port of departure, and destination.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
One of the documents required to be cai-ried by a merchant vessel, by the duty laws of most countries. It gives an account of the cargo carried by the vessel, specifying in what goods it consists, where it was laden on board, whither it is to be carried, and other particulars adapted to aid the officers of the customs in the discharge of their duties.