capitation

• No capitation, or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken. —  Life And Times Of Washington, Volume 2
• In this theory of waging war with, and exacting tribute or the capitation-tax from, the non-Moslem world, they quote the 9th and other Suras. —  A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885
• No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken 5. —  The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference
• As the costs as well as the capitation tax were to be worked out by the negro, it is presumable that, in the spirit of this tax-law, they were enlarged to the utmost limit that decency, according to the standard set up by this law, would permit. —  Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 (of 2) From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860
• The Christian population was subjected to heavy imposts, the principal being the haratch_, or capitation-tax, paid to the imperial treasury, and the tithe on agricultural produce, which was collected by the feudal lord. —  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"

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