| 单词 | custom house oath |
| 释义 | > as lemmascustom house oath custom house oath n. now historical a declaration of dutiable goods made on oath to customs authorities by a merchant or trader; (in extended use and in figurative contexts) a false oath, a lie, a deception. ΚΠ 1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 5 They take a great Liberty in their Custom-house Oaths. c1695 England's Appeal High Court Parl. 2 False Swearing them out of their Lives is grown a Crime no less common, than notorious, as customary, as if it were a Custom-house Oath, or Entry. 1779 Hist. War in Amer. between Great Brit. & her Colonies 5 The commanders..were ordered to..take the usual Custom-house oaths, and observe the Custom-house regulations. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiii. 228 The modes of initiation are more damaging than custom-house oaths. 1961 William & Mary Q. 18 220 His avowal..may be taken as the equivalent of a customs-house oath, for while it did not quite fit the facts, it saved his principals from embarrassing scrutiny. 2000 Stud. Romanticism 39 601 He objects first to the Scottish jurist Lord Kames's defense of dishonesty in the case of the custom-house oath. < as lemmas |
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