Godowns and warehouses

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....uilding in which a wholesale dealer keeps his stock of goods for sale; a building in which furniture or other property is housed, a charge being made for the accommodation: a Government building (more fully bonded warehouse) in which dutiable imported goods are kept in bond until it is convenient to the importer to pay the duty. According to Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary, ....

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....mmediately be mentioned that this is not a common parlance meaning but a meaning given to a warehouse referred to in Clerks of Assize Act, 1698. In Black's Law Dictionary (fifth edition),  warehouse has been described as a "structure used for the reception and storage of goods and merchandise ". It further states that "the term may include any structure used to hol....