Definition of levy

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Levy (n.) The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc..

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Replevying :: Replevying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Replev.
Namation :: Namation (n.) A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding.
Levy :: Levy (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..
Replevin :: Replevin (v. t.) To replevy.
Rebellion :: Rebellion (v. i.) The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc..
Levy :: Levy (n.) The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions..
Replevy :: Replevy (n.) Replevin.
Stranger :: Stranger (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..
Levy :: Levy (n.) The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc..
Tithing :: Tithing (n.) The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe.
Levy :: Levy (n.) That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc..
Tithe :: Tithe (v. t.) To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on.
Exaction :: Exaction (n.) The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion..
Raise :: Raise (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..
Distrain :: Distrain (v. i.) To levy a distress.
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To gather or exact; as, to levy money..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
Impose :: Impose (v. t.) To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute..
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