Definition of levy

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Levy (n.) The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution..

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Tithe :: Tithe (v. t.) To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on.
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc..
Replevin :: Replevin (v. t.) To replevy.
Namation :: Namation (n.) A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding.
Cosher :: Cosher (v. t.) To levy certain exactions or tribute upon; to lodge and eat at the expense of. See Coshering.
Levy :: Levy (v. i.) To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods..
Levy :: Levy (n.) A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d..
Replevy :: Replevy (n.) Replevin.
Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To bail.
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc..
Levee En Masse :: Levee en masse () See Levy in mass, under Levy, n..
Exaction :: Exaction (n.) The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion..
Levy :: Levy (n.) That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise, as a siege..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To gather or exact; as, to levy money..
Distrain :: Distrain (v. i.) To levy a distress.
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
Levy :: Levy (n.) The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc..
Replevying :: Replevying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Replev.
Levy :: Levy (n.) The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution..
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