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p. pr. & vb. n.
of 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.
v. t.
To gather or exact; as, to levy money.
n.
The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.
n.
A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason.
n.
Alt. of Levynite
n.
One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy.
v. t.
To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.
v. t.
To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
v. t.
To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
n.
The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.
v. t.
To raise, as a siege.
v. t.
To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on.
imp. & p. p.
of Levy
n.
A whitish, reddish, or yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to chabazite.
n.
That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.
v. t.
To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like.
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.
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.
n.
The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe.
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