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The corsair state of Rabat-Salé
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Board of Customs: Legal: Copies of Counsel's Opinions
Catalogue reference: CUST 41
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CUST 41
These are records of the Solicitor's Office of the Board of Customs. In addition to legal opinions the series includes reports of trials involving customs revenue, papers concerning smuggling cases and copies of leases etc. relating to board property.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CUST 41
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Customs: Legal: Copies of Counsel's Opinions
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Date (When the record was created)
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1701-1897
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Description (What the record is about)
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These are records of the Solicitor's Office of the Board of Customs. In addition to legal opinions the series includes reports of trials involving customs revenue, papers concerning smuggling cases and copies of leases etc. relating to board property.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records relating to excise trials see CUST 103
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Board of Customs, Solicitors Office, 1671-1909
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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43 volume(s)
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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When the Board of Customs was established in 1671, a Solicitor of Customs was appointed to deal with its legal business. His department advised the board on all legal questions arising from the various branches of its work, and was charged with the conduct of any prosecutions arising from violations of the customs laws, the drafting of amendments to those laws, and preparation and completion of all bonds of a special character. In the eighteenth century, when it was known as the Law Department, several solicitors were employed, each one advising on a certain class of bonds or upon matters connected with a certain number of ports. In the nineteenth century there was a solicitor of customs and two assistant solicitors.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5617/
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