Comm. [f. the sb.] trans. To submit to a consul for official examination and approval; to get (an invoice or the like) stamped by a consul.
When Merchandise above the value of £20 is sent to the United States an Invoice must be sworn to before the U.S. Consul at the place of dispatch, who stamps it. A commercial letter of 9 July, 1891, calls this ‘to consul the invoice.’
