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What special forms allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods?
Writs of assistance were the special forms which allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods. Classified as general warrants, they did not expire and the holding party of this writ could search anywhere, at anytime.
Why did George Grenville allow customs officers to obtain general writs of assistance?
He allowed them to obtain general writs of assistance so that they could be allowed to enter any location to search for smuggled goods. (The 'writs of assistance' was legal documents that allowed customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods.)
Legal documents that allowed customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods were called what?
Writs of Assistance
Why would a tenant use a Writ of Assistance in a eviction hearing?
special forms that allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods.
Why did the colonies think the writs of assistance violated their rights?
Because it allowed customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods
Warrants permitting the british to search colonial homes for smuggled goods?
In Britain officers employed to search for smuggled goods were known as excisemen.
What is a legal document that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled?
A Search Warrant.
A legal document that enables officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled is called what?
A Search Warrant.
What were search warrants called in the revolutionary wars?
Writs of Assistance. They gave permission to search houses for smuggled goods.
Wrists of assistance enabled british customs officers to search?
Homes for smuggled goods
What was a legal document that allowed officials to search any building or ship for smuggled goods writs of assistance or charter of 1606 or enumerated articles or mayflower compact?
Writs of assistance were legal documents that allowed British officials to search any building for smuggled goods without needing a specific warrant. They were used in the American colonies in the 18th century and were highly controversial as they were seen as violating individual rights to privacy.
What permitted the British officers to enter colonists homes and search for smuggled goods?
Writs of Assistance
