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n. 1. A movable section of a bridge, which may be raised up or turned toone side, so as to admit the passage of vessels. Gildersleeve v. Railroad Co. (D. C.) 82Fed. 766; Hughes v. Railroad Co.(C. C.) 18 Fed. 114; Railroad Co. v. Daniels, 90 Ga. 608, 17 S. E. 647.2. A depression in the surface of the earth, in the nature of a shallow ravine orgulch, sometimes many miles In length, forming a channel for the escape of rain andmelting snow draining into it from either side. Railroad Co. v. Sutherland, 44 Neb. 526,62 N. W. 859.

In the customs laws, this term denotes an allowance made by the governmentupon the duties due on imported merchandise when the importer, instead ofselling it here, re-exports it; or the refunding of such duties if already paid. This allowanceamounts. In some cases, to the whole of the original duties; in others, to apart only.A drawback is a device resorted to for enabling a commodity affected by taxes to beexported and sold in the foreign market on the same terms as if it had not been taxedat all. It differs in this from a bounty, that the latter enables a commodity to be sold forless than its natural cost, whereas a drawback enables it to be sold exactly at its naturalcost. Downs v. U. S., 113 Fed. 144, 51 C. C. A. 100.

A term employed In old pleadings and records, to denote a groat.Townsh. PI. ISO.An Athenian silver coin, of the value of about fifteen cents.

A person to whom a bill of exchange is addressed, and who is requested to pay the amount of money therein mentioned.

The standard, ensign, or military colors borne in war by the ancientkings of England, having the figure of a dragon painted thereon.

The person making a bill of exchange and addressing it to the drawee.Stevenson v. Walton, 2 Smedes & M. (Miss.) 265; Winnebago County State Bank v.Hustel, 119 Iowa, 115, 93 N. W. 70.

term that relates to a very harsh or severe law.

In patent law. A representation of the appearance of material objects bymeans of lines and marks upon paper, card-board, or other substance. Ampt v.Cincinnati, 8 Ohio Dec. 62S.

A code of laws prepared by Draco, the celebrated lawgiver ofAthens. These laws were exceedingly severe, and the term is now sometimes applied toany laws of unusual harshness.

Thieves; robbers. Cowell.