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DEBENTURE (law)


DEBENTURE. A certificate given, in pursuance of law, by the collector of a port of entry, for a certain sum, due by the United States, payable at a port of entry, for a certain sum, due by the United States, payable at a time therein mentioned, to an importer for drawback of duties on merchandise time therein mentioned, to an importer for drawback of duties on merchandise imported and exported by him, provided the duties arising on the importation imported and exported by him, provided the duties arising on the importation of the said merchandise shall have been discharged prior to the time of the said merchandise shall have been discharged prior to the time aforesaid. Vide Act of Congress of March 2, 1799, s. 80; Encyclopedie, h.t.;aforesaid. Vide Act of Congress of March 2, 1799, s. 80; Encyclopedie, h.t.;Dane' s Ab. Index, h.t. Dane' s Ab. Index, h.t.





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A type of bond that does not require security in the form of a mortgage or lien on a specific piece of property.