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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 578 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MANIFEST (See also:Lat. manifestus, clear, open to view) , in commercial See also:law, a document delivered to the officer of customs by the See also:captain of a See also:ship before leaving See also:port, giving a description of the shipped goods of every See also:kind, and setting forth the marks, See also:numbers and descriptions of the packages and the names of the consignors thereof. In See also:England, by the See also:Revenue See also:Act 1884, s. 3, where goods are exported for. which no See also:bond is required, a manifest must be delivered to the officer of customs by the See also:master or owner of the ship within six days after the final clearance, or a See also:declaration in lieu thereof, the See also:penalty in See also:default being a sum not exceeding five pounds.

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