capitation tax

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They were to pay tribute—the tithe of their crops, a tax in silver, a capitation tax.

From History Of Ancient Civilization by Seignobos, Charles

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

They pay to the government a capitation tax of seven rials.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 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

His eldest son was recognised as his chief assistant, and he, like his father, was exempt from the tribute or capitation tax.

From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.