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taxative, a. rare.|ˈtæksətɪv|
[ad. med. or mod.L. taxātīvus (Alciatus c 1530), f. ppl. stem of taxāre to tax: see -ative. (Cf. F. taxativement, Littré Suppl.)]
†1. Of limiting or defining nature. rare.
1676Fountainhall in M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. (1826) III. 67 Where it allows them to work in such and such work, which fell not naturally and properly under the subject⁓matter of their own occupation, the same is so far from being taxative, that it is demonstrative and in their favours. 1726[implied in taxatively].
2. Having the function of taxing; of or pertaining to taxation.
1862R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art 174 A taxative system which..had been in operation for two thousand years. 1870Stubbs Sel. Charters Introd. 50 This completed the taxative powers of parliament. 1902Cambr. Mod. Hist. I. 301 Upholding the representative legislative and taxative body by frequent sessions of Parliament.
Hence ˈtaxatively adv., in a taxative manner.
1726Ayliffe Parergon 339 If these Ornaments or Furniture had been put Taxatively and by Way of Limitation, such a Thing bequeath'd as a Legacy shall not be paid, if it wants Ornaments or Furniture. |