Entry (?), 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.”
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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.
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A notary made an entry of this act. Bacon.
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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.
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A straight, long entry to the temple led. Dryden.
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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.
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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.
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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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