En"try (?), n.; pl.
Entries (#). [OE. entree, entre, F.
entrée, fr. entrer to enter. See Enter,
and cf. Entrée.] 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.
