CUSTOM HOUSE (Fr. douane, Ger. Zollamt), the office at a seaport or frontier where the customs duties are paid, vessels entered and cleared, &c. In England the custom-house officer has the right of personal search only when he has good cause to suspect that contraband goods are concealed about the person. See SMUGGLING.
CUSTOM HOUSE
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 628
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