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  • TAXA
    L. Lat A tax. Spelman. In old records. An allotted piece of work; a task.
  • TAXABLE
    Subject to taxation; liable to be assessed, along with others, for a share in a tax. Persons subject to taxation are sometimes called "taxables;" .so property which may be assessed for taxation is said to be taxable. Applied to costs in an action, the word means proper to be taxed More...
  • TAXARE
    Lat To rate or value. Calvin. To tax; to lay a tax or tribute. Spelman. In old English practice. To assess; to rate or estimate; to moderate or regulate an assessment or rate.
  • TAXATI
    In old European law. 8oldlers of a garrison or fleet assigned to a certain station. Spelman.
  • TAXATIO
    Lat In Roman law. Taxation or assessment of damages; the assessment, by the judge, of the amount of damages to be awarded to a plaintiff, and particularly in the way of reducing the amount claimed or sworn to by the latter.
  • TAXATTO ECCLESIASTICA
    The valuation of ecclesiastical benefices made through every diocese In England, on occasion of Pope Innocent IV. granting to King Henry III. the tenth of all spirituals for three years. This taxation was flrst made by Walter, bishop of Norwich, delegated by the pope to this office in 38 Hen. More...
  • TAXATIO EXPENSARUM
    In old English practice, Taxation of costs.
  • TAXATIO NORWICENSIS
    A valuation of ecclesiastical benefices made through every diocese in England, by Walter, bishop of Norwich, delegated by the pope to this ofllce in 38 Hen. III. Cowell.
  • TAXER8
    Two officers yearly chosen In Cambridge, England, to see the true gauge of all the weights and measures.
  • TAXING MASTER
    See MASTER.
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