Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Tare And Tret

Defined in 1 dictionary — Abbott (1879)

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

The first word in the phrase signifies an allowance in merpacked; and the last is a consideration in the weight, for waste in emptying and reselling the gpods, by dust, dirt, breaking, &c. Tare is distinguished into real tare, i.e. the actual weight of the package; customary tare, its supposed weight, according to the practice among merchants; average tare, the medium deduced from weighing a few packages, and taking it as a standard for the whole. ■ Wharton.