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Vectigalia
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VectigaliaAmong the Romans this word signified duties which were paid to the prince for the importation and exportation of certain merchandise. They differed from tribute, which was a tax paid by each individual .
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Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Duties
In its most enlarged sense, this word is nearly equivalent to taxes, embracing all impositions or charges levied on persons or things; in its more restrained sense, it is often used as equivalent to customs or imposts.
Were
The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer
Prince
In a general sense, a sovereign the ruler of a nation or state. The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood. The chief of any body of men.
Exportation
Commercial law. The act of sending goods and merchandise from one country to another.
Merchandise
By this term is understood all those things which merchants sell either wholesale or retail, as dry goods, hardware, groceries, drugs, &c. It is usually applied to personal chattels only, and to those which are not required for food or immediate support, but such as remain after having been used or which are used only by a slow consumption.
Tribute
A contribution which is sometimes raised by the sovereign from his subject, to sustain the expenses of the state. It is also a sum of money paid by one nation to another under some pretended right.
Each
Every one of the two or more composing the whole.
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Value
Common law. This term has two different meanings. It sometimes expresses the utility of an object, and some times the power of purchasing other good with it. The first may be called value in use, the latter value in exchange.
Value received
This phrase is usually employed in a bill of exchange or promissory note, to denote that a consideration has been given for it.
Valued bill of lading or ad valorem bill of lading
A valued bill of lading, sometimes called an ad valorem bill of lading, is a bill of lading where the value of the cargo has been declared by the carrier and "inserted in the bill of lading".
Valued policy
A valued policy is one where the value has been set on the ship or goods insured, and this value has been inserted in the policy in the nature of liquidated damages, to save the necessity of proving it in case of loss.
Vassal
Feudal law. This was the name given to the holder of a fief, bound to perform feudal service; this word was then always correlative to that of lord, entitled to such service.
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Vehicle
Any thing that is designed to transport persons or objects. A bicycle has been held to be a vehicle.
Vejours
An obsolete word, which signified viewers or experts.
Venal
Something that is bought. The term is generally applied in a bad sense; as, a venal office is an office which has been purchased.
Vendee
Contracts. A purchaser; A buyer.
Vendition
A sale; the act of selling.
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Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Duties
In its most enlarged sense, this word is nearly equivalent to taxes, embracing all impositions or charges levied on persons or things; in its more restrained sense, it is often used as equivalent to customs or imposts.
Were
The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer
Prince
In a general sense, a sovereign the ruler of a nation or state. The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood. The chief of any body of men.
Exportation
Commercial law. The act of sending goods and merchandise from one country to another.
Merchandise
By this term is understood all those things which merchants sell either wholesale or retail, as dry goods, hardware, groceries, drugs, &c. It is usually applied to personal chattels only, and to those which are not required for food or immediate support, but such as remain after having been used or which are used only by a slow consumption.
Tribute
A contribution which is sometimes raised by the sovereign from his subject, to sustain the expenses of the state. It is also a sum of money paid by one nation to another under some pretended right.
Each
Every one of the two or more composing the whole.
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Value
Common law. This term has two different meanings. It sometimes expresses the utility of an object, and some times the power of purchasing other good with it. The first may be called value in use, the latter value in exchange.
Value received
This phrase is usually employed in a bill of exchange or promissory note, to denote that a consideration has been given for it.
Valued bill of lading or ad valorem bill of lading
A valued bill of lading, sometimes called an ad valorem bill of lading, is a bill of lading where the value of the cargo has been declared by the carrier and "inserted in the bill of lading".
Valued policy
A valued policy is one where the value has been set on the ship or goods insured, and this value has been inserted in the policy in the nature of liquidated damages, to save the necessity of proving it in case of loss.
Vassal
Feudal law. This was the name given to the holder of a fief, bound to perform feudal service; this word was then always correlative to that of lord, entitled to such service.
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Vehicle
Any thing that is designed to transport persons or objects. A bicycle has been held to be a vehicle.
Vejours
An obsolete word, which signified viewers or experts.
Venal
Something that is bought. The term is generally applied in a bad sense; as, a venal office is an office which has been purchased.
Vendee
Contracts. A purchaser; A buyer.
Vendition
A sale; the act of selling.
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