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levy definition - legal

n

  1. A tax or penalty.
  2. The stateÂ’s acting of seizing and selling property to satisfy a tax or other liability.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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