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UNASCERTAINED DUTIES Definition & Legal Meaning

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Payment in gross, on an estimate as to amount, and where the merchant, on a final liquidation, will be entitled by law to allowances or de- ductions which do not depend on the rate of duty charged, but on tbe ascertainment of the quantity of the article subject to duty. Moke v. Barney, 5 Blatchf. 274. Fed. Cas. No. 9,098.

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