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Defined in 6 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889)

Definitions from Case Law

From 362 U.S. 145 - Flora v. United States · 1960Most cited · 1,794 citing opinions

distinct categories of illegal collections and 'tax' includes the entire tax liability as assessed by the Commissioner'); United States v. Clarke, 3 Cir., 69 F.2d 748, 94 A.L.R.

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A summary or abstract; a compendium; a collection.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The sense in which it is most commonly used is “money”; a quantity of money or currency; any amount indefinitely, a sum of money, a small sum, or a large sum. U. S. v. Van Auken, 96 U. S. 368, 24 L. Ed. 852.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In English law. A summary or abstract; a compendium; a collection. Several of the old law treatises are called "sums." Lord Hale applies the term to snm-maries of statute law. Burrill.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In English law. A summary or abstract; a compendium; a collection.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

Amount.or aggregate: as, the face sum, the penal sum. The word of itself imports a sum of money.* See Dispute; Exceeding; Penalty.