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leviable, a.|ˈlɛvɪəb(ə)l|
Also 6–9 levyable.
[f. levy v. + -able.]
1. Of a duty, tax, etc.: That may be levied.
1484J. Paston in Paston Lett. III. 313 All syche money as is not levyable of dyvers of the seyd fermors and tenauntes. 1512Act 4 Hen. VIII, c. 19 §8 The same some..[shall be] due & levyable immediatly uppon demaunde hade and denyed. 1540Act 32 Hen. VIII, c. 46 The sayd yerely tenth, that was..due and leuiable to the kinges vse. 1622Bacon Hen. VII Mor. & Hist. Wks. (1860) 409 To make the sums which any person had agreed to pay,..to be leviable by course of law. 1752Carte Hist. Eng. III. 815 An aid..due to the crown for the marriage of a king's eldest daughter and levyable from the time she attained the age of seven years. 1861All Year Round 27 July 417 The amount of rates leviable under the Sewers Act..is now unlimited. 1881Standard 16 June 3/4 The import duties now leviable in France upon live stock and agricultural produce. 1899Daily News 16 May 3/1 The levyable expenses of a borough.
2. a. Of a person: That may be called upon for payment of a contribution.
1897Daily News 15 Sept. 5/1 The number of leviable members is over 60,000.
b. U.S. Of a thing: That may be levied upon, capable of being seized in execution.
(In recent U.S. Dicts.) |