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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by
entering or setting foot on them. |
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A putting upon record in proper form and order. |
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The act in addition to breaking essential to constitute the
offense or burglary. |