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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
To rate or fix the proportion which every person has to pay of any particular tax. To tax. To adjust the shares of a contribution by several towards a common beneficial object, according to the benefit received. To fix the value of; to fix the amount of.