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his face blacked, or wear any malk, or other difgttife, 
when parting with fnch goods, or fhal 1 forcibly hinder, 
©bllrucl, affault, oppofe, or refill, any officer of his ma- 
jefty’s revenue, in feizing fnch goods, or (hall maim or 
dangeroufly wound any fuch officer in his attempting to 
go on-board any veffel, or (hoot at or dangeroufly wound 
any fuch perfon when on-board and in the execution of 
his office, every fuch perfon ihall be guilty of felony, 
and fuffer death. 
On information on oath of any perfon’s being guilty of 
arty of the above offences, the juflice may certify the in¬ 
formation to one of the fecretaries of (late, who is to 
lay it before his majefly ; whereupon his majefty may 
make an order, requiring the offender to furrender him- 
felf in forty days after publication thereof in the Ga¬ 
zette ; and in default thereof, the order being publiffied 
twice in the Gazette, and proclaimed in two markets 
near where the offence was committed, and a copy 
thereof affixed in fome public place there, the offender 
fit all be attainted of felony, and fuffer death. Any 
perfon harbouring or aiding any fuch offender after the 
time for his furrender expired, knowing him to have 
been fo required to furrender, being profecuted within 
a year, (hall be tranfported for feven years. Offences 
made felony by this a£t, may be fued in any county. 
If any officer, &c. in the feizing of fuch goods, or in 
the endeavouring to apprehend any fuch offender, fliail 
be beat, wounded, maimed, or killed, or the goods be 
refcued, the inhabitants of the rape, lath, or hundred, 
ttnlefs the offender be conviiSled within fix months, fhal! 
forfeit tool, to the executors of any officer killed ; and 
pay damages to any officer beat, &c. not exceeding 40I. 
and for any goods refcued, not exceeding 200I. A re¬ 
ward of 500I. for apprehending any offender; a perfon 
wounded in apprehending an offender to have 30I. extra¬ 
ordinary, andtheexecutorsofaperfonkilled.tohave tool. 
By 13 & 14 Car. II. c. 11, fliips and veffels outward- 
bound, arc not to take in any goods, till the veffel is en¬ 
tered “with the colle6tors of the cuftoms ; and before de¬ 
parture, the contents of the lading are to be brought in 
under the hands of the laders, Sec. Alfo when (hips ar¬ 
rive from beyond lea, the mailers are to make a true en¬ 
try upon oath, of the lading, goods, Ihip, &c. under 
the penalty of iool. And if any concealed goods are 
found after clearing,- for which the duties have not been 
paid, the mailer of the veffel (hall be fubjeft to the like 
penalty. See the articles Excise, Navigation-act, 
and Smuggler. 
To CUSTOM, v. n. To accuftom one’s felf.—For on 
a bridge he c.ufiometh to. fight. Spcnfer. 
To CUSTOM, v. a. To enter at the cuffom-houfe : 
Thy (hips are fafe 
Riding in Malta road, and all the merchants 
With other merchandize are fafe arriv’d, 
And have fent me to know, whether yourfelf 
Will come and citjlom them. Marlow. 
CUSTOM-HOUSE, /. The houfe where the taxes 
upon goods imported or exported are collected.—Some 
cujlom-houfe officers, birds of paffage, and oppreffive thrifty 
fquires, are the only thriving people amonglt us. Swift. 
CUSTOMABLE,#^/. Common; habitual; frequent. 
CUSTOMABLENESS, f. Frequency; habit. Con¬ 
formity to cuftom. 
CUS'TOM ABLY, adv. According to cullom.—King¬ 
doms have cujiomably been carried away by right of fuc- 
ceffion, according to proximity of blood. Hayward. 
CUSTOMARILY, adv. Habitually; commonly.—. 
To call God to witnefs truth, or a lye perhaps, or to 
appeal to him on every trivial occafion, in common dil- 
courfe, cujlomarily without confideration, is one of the 
highelt indignities and affronts that can be offered him. 
Ray. 
CUSTOMARINESS, f. Frequency; commonnefs; 
frequent occurrence.—A vice which tor its guilt may 
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juflify the (harped, and for its cujlomarinefs the frequent¬ 
ed, invetlives which can be made againil it. Government 
Of the Tongue. 
CUST OMARY, ad). Conformable to eftablifhcd cuf¬ 
tom ; according to prefcription.—Several ingenious per-. 
Tons, whofe affiltance might be conducive to the advance 
of real and ufeful knowledge, lay under the prejudices 
of education and cujlomary belief. Glanvitle. —Habitual.—• 
We fhould avoid the profane and irreverent life of God’s 
name, by curling, or cujlomary fwearing : and take heed 
of the negleft of his worffiip, or any thing belonging to 
it. Tillotjon. —UfuaT; wonted: 
Ev’n now I met him 
With cujlomary compliment, when he, 
Wafting his eyes to th’ contrary, and falling 
A lip of much contempt, fpeeds from me. Shahefpeare. 
CUS'TOMED, adj. Ufual; common ; that to which 
we are accultomed’: 
No nat’ral exhalation in the Iky, 
No common wind, no cujlomed event, 
But they will pluck away its nat’ral caufe, 
And call them meteors, prodigies, and figns. Shahefpeare. 
CUSTOMER,yi One who frequents any place of fale 
for the fake of purchafing.—One would think it Over¬ 
done’s houfe ; for here be many old cujlomers. Shakefp. 
A wealthy poet takes more pains to hire 
A flattering audience, than poor tradefmen do 
To perfuade cuf outers to buy their goods. Rofcommon. 
A common woman. This fenfe is now obfoletc .—I marry her 1 
What!—What, a cufiomer? Pr’ythee bear form? charity 
to my wit; do not think it fo unvvholefome. Shahefpeare. 
CUS'TOR, a river of Hungary, which runs into the 
Theis near its conflux with the Danube. 
CUST'OS BREVIUM, f A principal clerk belong¬ 
ing to the court of common-pleas, whofe office it is to 
receive and keep all the writs returnable in that court, 
and put them upon files, every return by itfelf; and to 
receive of the prothonotaries all the records of nili prius, 
called the pojleas ; for they are fil'd brought in by the 
clerk of affile of every circuit to the prothonotary, who 
enters the iffue in the caufes, to enter the judgment: and 
four days after the return thereof, the prothonotary en¬ 
ters the verdict and judgment thereupon, into the rolls 
of the court; whereupon he afterwards delivers them 
over to the cuftos brevium who binds them into a bundle. 
He makes entry likewife of all writs of covenant, and 
the concord upon every fine, and maketh forth exempli¬ 
fications, and copies of all writs and records in his office, 
and of all fines levied. The fines after they are engroffed, 
are divided between the cullos brevium and the chiro- 
grapher; the chirographer always keeps the writ of co¬ 
venant and the note, and the cuftos brevium the concord 
and the foot of the fine ; upon which foot of the fine 
the chirographer caufeth the proclamations to be in- 
dorfed, when they are proclaimed. This officer is made 
by the king’s letters patent : and in the court of king’s 
bench, there is alfo a cuftos brevium Se rotulorum, 
who fileth fuch writs as are in that court filed, and all 
warrants of attorney, &c. and whofe bufinefs it is to 
make out the records of nift prius. See the articles 
Chirographer- and Common-plbas. 
CUS'TOS ROTULORUM, f. Keeper of the rolls or 
records of the county. The officer who hath the cuftody 
of the rolls or records of the feflions of the peace, and alfo 
of the commiffion of the peace itfelf. He is always a juftice 
of the peace of the quorum in the county where ap¬ 
pointed, and ufually lome perfon of quality: but he is 
rather termed an officer or minilter, than a judge. By 
37 Hen. VIII. c. 1. (altered by 3 & 4Edw. VI. c. r. but 
reftored by 1 W &M. c.21.) the culto's rotulorum, in 
every county, is appointed by a writing figned by the 
king’s hand, which (hall be a warrant to the lord chan¬ 
cellor to put him in commiffion; and he may execute 
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