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Belonging to the Levites or priestly tribe of Levi; pertaining to the Jewish priesthood, as the Levitical law, Levitical rites. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Scot and Lot
A levy on all subjects according to their ability to pay. Scot means tribute or tax, and lot means allotment or portion allotted. To pay scot and lot, therefore, is to pay the ordinary…Brewer's: Sound Dues
A toll or tribute which was levied by the king of Denmark on all merchant vessels passing through the Sound. (Abolished 1857.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Green Wax
Estreats delivered to a sheriff out of the Exchequer, under the seal of the court, which is impressed upon green wax, to be levied (7 Henry IV. c. 3). (Wharton: Law Lexicon.) Source:…Brewer's: Irrelevant
is not to relieve, not to lighten. Irrelevant matter is that which does not help to bear the burden or make it lighter; something not pertinent or not material to the point in question. (…Brewer's: Ceinture de la Reine
The octroi levied at Paris, which at one time was the queen's pin-money or private purse. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CeladonCeelict A B C D E F G…Tour de France—2007
(July 7–29, 2007) Cyclist, country Team Behind 1. Alberto Contador, Spain Discovery Channel…Brewer's: Roque Guinart
A famous robber, whose true name was Pédro Rocha Guinarda, leader of los Nicerros, which, with the los Cadelles, levied heavy contributions on all the mountain districts of Catalonia in…Brewer's: Pattens-Money
(Chapins de la Reina). A subsidy levied in Spain on all crown tenants at the time of a royal marriage. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PatterPatten A B C…Trending
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