uniformity — Law Dictionary

Definitions from Case Law

From 282 U.S. 101 - Poe v. Seaborn · 1930Most cited · 1,042 citing opinions

the constitutional requirement of uniformity is not intrinsic, but geographic

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

ACT OF. St. 13 & 14 Car. II. c 4, which regulates the terms of membership in the Church of England and the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. See St. 9 & 10 Vict. c. 59. The act of uniformity has been amended by St. 36 & 36 Vict. c. 35, which inter alia provides a shortened form of morning and evening prayer. Wharton. process in personal actions in his majesty's courts of law at Westminster. 2 Wm. IV. c, 39 (23d May, 1832); 3 Chit. St. 494.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In taxation. Uniformity in taxation implies equality in the burden of taxation, which cannot exist without uniformity in the mode of assessment, as well as in the rate of taxation. Further, the uniformity must be coextensive with the territory to which it applies. And it must be extended to all property subject to taxation, so that all property may be taxed alike and equally. Exchange Bank v. Hines, 3 Ohio St. 15. And sce Edye v. Robertson, 112 U. S. 580, 5 Sup. Ct. 247, 28 L. Ed. 798. Adams v. Mississippi State Bank, 75 Miss. 701, 23 South. 395; People v. Auditor Gereral, 7 Mich. 90.