In old English law. A heap; a liay-mow, or hay-stack. Focnum in tassis, hay In stacks. Reg. Orig. 90.

In the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, the lords of manors anciently claimed tlie privilege of having their tenants’ flocks or sheep brought at night upon their own demesne lands, there to

Lat A common bull; because he was free to all the tenants within such a manor, liberty, etc.

Describing the same thing twice in one sentence in equivalent terms; a fault in rhetoric. It differs from repetition or iteration, which Is repeating the same sentence in the same or equivalent

A place of entertainment; a house kept up for the accommodation of strangers. Originally, a house for the retailing of liquors to be drunk on the spot Web- ster. The word “tavern,”

One who keeps a tavern. One who keeps an Inn; an innkeeper.

In old English law. A seller of wine : one who kept a house or shop for the sale of wiue.

To impose a tax ; to enact or declare that a pecuniary contribution shall be made by the persons liable, for the support of government. Spoken of an individual, to be taxed

In a general sense, a tax is any contribution imposed by government upon individuals, for the use and service of the state, whether under the name of toll, tribute, tallage, gabel, impost,

lr.it by certain persons termed “commissioners of sewers,” is not a parliamentary tax; whereas the income tax, which is directly imposed, and the amount also fixed, by act of parliament, is a

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

In old European law. Soldiers of a garrison or lieet, assigned to a certain station. Spelman.

Lat. In Itoman law. Taxation or assessment of damages; the assessment, by the judge, of the amount of damages to be awarded to a plaintiff, aud particularly in the way of reducing

In old English practice. Taxation of costs.

streets, and constructing sewers in cities, and canals and ditches for the purpose of drainage in the country. They are generally of peculiar local benefit. These burdens have always, in every state,

An annual payment made to a superior in Scotland, instead of the duties due to him under the tenure of ward-holding. Abolished. Wharton.

In old English law. A royalty or privilege granted, by royal charter, to a lord of a manor, for the having, restraining, and judging of bondmen and villeins, with their children, goods,

Within the meaning of an exemption law, a “team” consists of either one or two horses, with their harness and the vehicle to which they are customarily attached for use. Wilcox v.

Within the meaning of an exemption law, this term means work done by a team as a substantial part of a man’s business; as in farming, staging, express carrying, drawing of freight,

One who drives horses in a wagon for the purpose of carrying goods for hire. He is liable as a common carrier. Story, Bailm.