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Border has several different, but related meanings:- A border can be a margin around the edge of something, such as a lawn, garden, photograph, or sheet of paper.
- A hebaceous border is a narrow strip of plants along the edge of a garden path or a lawn or fence.
- A thing can be said to be on the border if it lies in a grey area at the edge of a category or condition or borderline between two different situations but not clearly in one or the other.
- Borders define geographic boundaries of political entities or legal juridictions, such as governments, states or countries. For the purpose of border control, airports and seaports are also treated as borders. Most countries have some form of border control to restrict or limit the movement of people, animals and goods into or out of the country. In order to cross borders people need passports and visas or other appropriate forms of identification. To stay or work within a country's borders an alien, or foreign person, may need special immigration documents or permits that authorise them to do so. Moving goods across a border often requires the payment of excise tax, which are often collected by customsCustoms is the plural of custom, a common practice among a group of people. Customs duty is a tariff or tax on the import or export of goods. Traditionally in England, it was part of the customary revenue of the king, and therefore did not need parliament officials. Animals moving across borders often need to be put in quarantineThis page is about the term quarantine in its medical sense; for the science fiction novel by Greg Egan of the same name, see Quarantine novel Quarantine (from Italian: quaranta giorni forty days) is the act of keeping people or animals separated for a pe, to prevent the spread of exotic animal diseases. Most countries prohibit carrying illegal drug or endangered animals across their borders. Moving goods, animals or people, illegally across a border, without declaring them, seeking permission, or deliberately evading official inspection is known as smugglingheroin when inspected by the DEA. Smuggling is illegal transport, in particular across a border. Taxes are avoided, or the goods themselves are illegal, or people are transported to a place where they are not allowed to be. It has a long and controversial.
- See also: political sciencePolitical science is the study of politics. It involves the study of structure and process in government or any equivalent system that attempts to assure safety, fairness, and closure across a broad range of risks and access to a broad range of commons fo, land border , list of countries that only border one countryThis is a list of countries that only have a land border with one other country. Nations that only share a land border with one other country often have concerns about domination by the other state if it is larger. These can be fears of an outright take-o
- The Border countryThe Border country is the hilly area of Lowland Scotland on the border between Scotland and England. Before the two kingdoms were united, the Lowland clans would switch allegiance between the Scottish and English thrones depending on what was most favoura is the an area of Lowland ScotlandThe Scottish Lowlands although not officially a geographical area of the country, in normal usage is generally meant to include those parts of Scotland not referred to as the Highlands, that is, everywhere due south and east of a line roughly drawn betwee on the border between ScotlandScotland or in Scottish Gaelic, Alba is a country and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom. Scotland occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Scotland took part in a p and England. Before the two kingdoms were united, the Lowland clans would switch allegiance between the Scottish and English thrones depending on what was most favourable for the members of the clan.
- See also: Scottish Border
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