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Definition of Nonimportation
1. n. Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.
Definition of Nonimportation
1. Noun. A policy of refusing to import goods; especially the policy in 18th century colonial America of preventing imports from Britain ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonimportation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonimportation
Literary usage of Nonimportation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1857)
"Suspension of nonimportation. at. what particular periods many of these general
officers left the service ; but it is within my recollection that, ..."
2. Tariff Handbook by Committee on Ways and Means, United States, United States Dept. of the Treasury, Congress (1913)
"(3) Allowance for nonimportation. What allowance, if any, should be made on an
importation is primarily a question of fact, to be determined like any other ..."
3. Compiled Statutes of the United States, 1913: Embracing the Statutes of the by John Allan Mallory, United States (1914)
"Proof to ascertain such destruction or nonimportation shall be lodged with the
collector of customs of the port where such merchandise has been landed, ..."
4. United States Tariff Customs Administration and Income Tax Law, Approved by United States (1913)
"X. No allowance shall be made in the estimation and liquidation of duties for
shortage or nonimportation caused by decay, destruction, or injury to fruit on ..."
5. The Development of American Nationality by Carl Russell Fish (1919)
"In his youth he had been much impressed with the efficacy of the nonimportation
agreements directed against England. As Secretary of State he had submitted ..."
6. The Annals of America: From the Discovery by Columbus in the Year 1492, to by Abiel Holmes (1829)
"The merchants and traders of Philadelphia and of Boston, imitating the spirited
and patriotic conduct of New York, entered into similar nonimportation ..."
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