DOCTRINE OF ENTIRETIES

 

doctrine  of  entireties (en-tI-<<schwa>>r-teez).  In  customs law,  the  rule  that  when  an  entry

consists  of  parts  that  assemble  to  form  an  article  different  from  any  of  the  parts,  the  proper

classification will be of the whole article, rather than the individual components.[Blacks Law 8th]