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Definition of Port of entry

Port of entry
Peering in maps for ports and piers and roads. --Shak. We are in port if we have Thee. --Keble. 2. In law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence they depart and where they finish their voyages. Free port. See under Free. Port bar. (Naut,) (a) A boom. See Boom, 4, also Bar, 3. (b) A bar, as of sand, at the mouth of, or in, a port. Port charges (Com.), charges, as wharfage, etc., to which a ship or its cargo is subjected in a harbor. Port of entry, a harbor where a customhouse is established for the legal entry of merchandise. Port toll (Law), a payment made for the privilege of bringing goods into port. Port warden, the officer in charge of a port; a harbor master.

Meaning of Port of entry from wikipedia

- In general, a port of entry (POE) is a place where one may lawfully enter a country. It typically has border security staff and facilities to check p****ports...
- The Gongbei Port of Entry is located in the Gongbei Subdistrict (jiedao) in the southeastern part of Zhuhai, and is one of four ports of entry on land between...
- The San Ysidro Port of Entry (aka the San Ysidro Land Port of Entry or the San Ysidro LPOE) is the largest land border crossing between San Diego and Tijuana...
- In China, ports of entry (POE) (Chinese: 口岸; pinyin: kǒu'àn; lit. 's**** mouths') are the lawful points of entry and exit from the country for freight...
- The Otay Mesa Port of Entry (Spanish: Puerto de Entrada Mesa de Otay) is one of three ports of entry (POE) in the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan region...
- Department of Home Affairs - South African Ports of Entry Port of Durban Port of East London Port of Mossel Bay Port of Port Elizabeth Port of Ngqura Port of Richards...
- Port of Entry on Grand Avenue has been in existence since the early 20th century. It connects Interstate 19 with Mexican Federal Highway 15. The port...
- The Tecate Port of Entry is one of three ports of entry in the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan region. The land port is located between Tecate, California...
- The Santa Teresa Port of Entry is a border crossing between Santa Teresa, New Mexico , and San Jerónimo, Chihuahua. It was built in 1992 to relieve pressure...
- The Boquillas Port of Entry is a port of entry into the United States from the town of Boquillas del Carmen, Coa****la, Mexico, into Big Bend National Park...