Levy
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
To raise.
Webster.
To levy a nuisance, i. e., to raise or do a nuisance (9 Coke, 55); to levy a fine, i. e., to raise or acknowledge a fine (2 Bl. Comm. 357; 1 Steph. Comm. 236); to levy a tax, i. e., to raise or collect a tax; to levy war, i. e., to raise or begin war, to take arms for attack (4 Bl. Comm. 81); to levy an execution, i. e., to raise or levy so much money on execution (Reg. Orig. 298). In Practice. The raising of the money for which an execution has been issued. The seizing of property under an execution.