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LEV'Y, v.t. [L. levo; Eng. to lift.]
LEV'Y, n.
A name formerly
given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of
one eighth of a dollar (or 12½ cents), valued at eleven pence
when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.
The act of levying or collecting by
authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.
A levy of all the men left under sixty. Thirlwall. That which is levied, as an army, force,
tribute, etc.
" The Irish levies." Macaulay. The taking or seizure of
property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the
collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.
Levy in mass [F. levée en masse], a requisition of all able-bodied men for military service. To raise,
as a siege.
[Obs.] Holland. To raise] to collect; said of troops, to
form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.
Augustine . . . inflamed Ethelbert, king of Kent, to levy his power, and to war against them. Fuller. To raise or collect by assessment; to
exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or
contributions.
If they do this . . . my ransom, then, To gather
or exact; as, to levy money.
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.
To levy on goods and chattels, to take into custody or seize specific property in satisfaction of a writ. | ||||||||