CESS (a shortened form of " assess "; the spelling is due to a mistaken connexion with " census ")

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CESS (a shortened form of " assess "; the spelling is due to a mistaken connexion with " census ") , a tax; a

term

TERM

formerly more particularly applied to local

taxation

TAXATION
TAXATION (from " tax," derived, through the
French
, from Lat. taxare, to appraise, which again is connected with the same root as tangere, to touch)

, in which sense it still is used in Ireland; otherwise it has been superseded by " rate." In India it is applied, with the qualifying word prefixed, to any

taxation

TAXATION
TAXATION (from " tax," derived, through the
French
, from Lat. taxare, to appraise, which again is connected with the same root as tangere, to touch)

, such as " irrigation-cess " and the like, and in

Scotland

SCOTLAND
SCOTLAND,
CHURCH
- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other
  languages
  - LANGUAGES
  under various forms—Scottish
  kirk
  - KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )
  , Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH,
  RICHARD
  - RICHARD
  - RICHARD (d. 1184)
  - MARIE
    - MARIE
    _BENJAMI.html">RICHARD, FRANCOIS
    MARIE
    - MARIE
    BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
  - RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
  - RICHARD, ST
  WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR
  RICHARD
  (1784–1873)
OF
SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other
  languages
  - LANGUAGES
  under various forms—Scottish
  kirk
  - KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )
  , Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
OF

to the

land

LAND

-tax.

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