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Port Toll

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The toll paid for bringing goods into a port.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A toll for landing goods.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The toll paid for bringing goods into a port. PORTATICA (L. Lat.). In English Law. The generic name for port duties charged to ships. Ilargr. Law Tracts 64.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

merc. law. By this phrase is understood the money paid for the privilege of bringing goods into a port.