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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Entry \En"try\, n.; pl {Entries}. [OE. entree, entre, F. entr['e]e, fr entrer to enter See {Enter}, and cf {Entr['e]e}.] 1. The act of entering or passing into or upon entrance; ingress; hence beginnings or first attempts; as the entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a river into the sea; the entry of air into the blood; an entry upon an undertaking. 2. The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in writing the particulars, as of a transaction; as an entry of a sale; also that which is entered; an item. A notary made an entry of this act --Bacon. 3. That by which entrance is made a passage leading into a house or other building, or to a room a vestibule; an adit, as of a mine. A straight, long entry to the temple led. --Dryden. 4. (Com.) The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods. See {Enter}, v. t., 8, and {Entrance}, n., 5. 5. (Law) a The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by entering or setting foot on them b A putting upon record in proper form and order c The act in addition to breaking essential to constitute the offense or burglary. --Burrill. {Bill of entry}. See under {Bill}. {Double entry}, {Single entry}. See {Bookkeeping}. {Entry clerk} (Com.), a clerk who makes the original entries of transactions in a business. {Writ of entry} (Law), a writ issued for the purpose of obtaining possession of land from one who has unlawfully entered and continues in possession. --Bouvier.
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