Tax
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
V. 1.
In public law, to assess or impose upon citizens or subjects a pecuniary contribution towards support of government.
2.
In practice of courts, to assess, determine, or fix, as respects amount; to adjust; to scale or settle. Applied particularly to the costs of an action.