Special Assessment
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A species of taxation to pay for local improvements for public purposes upon real property, which recognizes the general public interest, but rests upon the theory that such property, by reason of locality, is specially benefited by the improvement.
246 111. 52; 190 111. 476; 155 111. 271; 133 111. 469.