Eo Nomine

Defined

Eo nomine is a Latin legal term meaning "by that name."

In Camelback Products, LLC v. United States, 649 F.3d. 1361, 1364 – 1365 (Fed Cir. 2011), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit described eo nomine provisions as follows: "[w]ith regard to assessing an imported article pursuant to GRI 1, we consider a HTSUS heading or subheading an eo nomine provision when it describes an article by a specific name." Carl Zeiss, Inc. v. United States, 195 F.3d 1375, 1379 (Fed. Cir. 1999).

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