capitation tax

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At Nalabu there is a capitation tax of a dollar a year; and at various places on the inland roads there are tolls collected upon provisions and goods which pass to the capital.

From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William

The capitation tax, which is common throughout the Russian empire, is levied according to a census, or revision, which is generally taken every twenty years.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

A poll or capitation tax was levied upon the nomadic and stationary gipsies, and money was even exacted under all kinds of pretences from the heads of the religious orders.

From Roumania Past and Present by Samuelson, James

Revenue is raised principally from customs and a capitation tax, which has replaced a hut tax.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

Rayah, r�′ya, n. a non-Mohammedan subject of Turkey who pays the capitation tax.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various