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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
levy
n 1: a charge imposed and collected
2: the act of drafting into military service [syn: levy, levy
en masse]
v 1: impose and collect; "levy a fine" [syn: levy, impose]
2: cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army";
"recruit new soldiers" [syn: recruit, levy, raise]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Levy \Lev"y\, 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.
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To levy on goods and chattels, to take into custody or
seize specific property in satisfaction of a writ.
[1913 Webster] Levyne
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Levy \Lev"y\, n. [F. lev['e]e, fr. lever to raise. See Lever,
and cf. Levee.]
1. The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the
levy of troops, taxes, etc.
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A levy of all the men left under sixty. --Thirlwall.
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2. That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc. "
The Irish levies." --Macaulay.
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3. (Law) The taking or seizure of property on executions to
satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of
taxes; a collecting by execution.
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Levy in mass [F. lev['e]e en masse], a requisition of all
able-bodied men for military service.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Levy \Lev"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Levied (l[e^]v"[i^]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Levying.]
1. To raise, as a siege. [Obs.] --Holland.
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2. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army
by enrollment, conscription, etc.
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Augustine . . . inflamed Ethelbert, king of Kent, to
levy his power, and to war against them. --Fuller.
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3. To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority;
as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
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If they do this . . . my ransom, then,
Will soon be levied. --Shak.
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4. (Law)
(a) To gather or exact; as, to levy money.
(b) 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. [Obs.] --Cowell. --Blackstone.
(c) To take or seize on execution; to collect by
execution.
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To levy a fine, to commence and carry on a suit for
assuring the title to lands or tenements. --Blackstone.
To levy war, to make or begin war; to take arms for attack;
to attack.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Levy \Lev"y\ (-[y^]), n.; pl. Levies (-[i^]z). [A contr. of
elevenpence or elevenpenny bit.]
A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia
to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 121/2
cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at
7s. 6d.
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6. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary |
Levy
(1 Kings 4:6, R.V.; 5:13), forced service. The service of
tributaries was often thus exacted by kings. Solomon raised a
"great levy" of 30,000 men, about two per cent. of the
population, to work for him by courses on Lebanon. Adoram
(12:18) presided over this forced labour service (Ger.
Frohndienst; Fr. corvee).
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7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
LEVY, practice. A seizure (q.v.) the raising of the money for which an
execution has been issued.
2. In order to make a valid levy on personal property, the sheriff must
have it within his power and control, or at least within his view, and if,
having it so, he makes a levy upon it, it will be good if followed up
afterwards within a reasonable time, by his taking possession in such
manner as to apprize everybody of the fact of its having been taken into
execution. 3 Rawle R. 405-6; 1 Whart. 377; 2 S. & R. 142; 1 Wash C. C. R.
29; 6 Watts, 468; 1 Whart. 116. The usual mode of making levy upon real
estate, is to describe the land which has been seised under the execution,
by metes and bounds, as in a deed of conveyance. 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 3391.
3. It is a general rule, that when a sufficient levy has been made, the
officer cannot make a second. 12 John. R. 208; 8 Cowen, R. 192.
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8. U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) |
Levy -- U.S. County in Florida
Population (2000): 34450
Housing Units (2000): 16570
Land area (2000): 1118.379664 sq. miles (2896.589908 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 293.940133 sq. miles (761.301417 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1412.319797 sq. miles (3657.891325 sq. km)
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 29.330144 N, 82.707810 W
Headwords:
Levy
Levy, FL
Levy County
Levy County, FL
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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