Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Anglo-Saxon law, a third part of the fines imposed at the county courts, which was one of the perquisites of the earl of the district.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (A.S. Law) A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl.
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Topics will include the December 13 vote on a new county capital improvements tax, the City of Tulsa's "third-penny" sales tax for capital improvements, due to expire next summer, proposed charter amendments, and other topics pertaining to city government.
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Through the third-penny sales tax and these GO bond issues, we're just keeping pace as the needs continue to pile on.
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Our Tulsa World has added more video clips from Mayor Bill LaFortune's September 6 third-penny meeting at the Zarrow Library.
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Our Tulsa World has added more video clips from Mayor Bill LaFortune's September 6 third-penny meeting at the Zarrow Library.
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The September 2005 story has councilors, including recently-elected Bill Martinson, complaining that LaFortune won't deal directly with the Council on issues like the new third-penny proposal.
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The September 2005 story has councilors, including recently-elected Bill Martinson, complaining that LaFortune won't deal directly with the Council on issues like the new third-penny proposal.
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Notice too how LaFortune denigrates the billions of dollars Tulsans invested in streets, sewers, and public schools through the third-penny sales tax and city and school general obligation bond issues in the decade before Vision 2025.
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Through the third-penny sales tax and these GO bond issues, we're just keeping pace as the needs continue to pile on.
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Topics will include the December 13 vote on a new county capital improvements tax, the City of Tulsa's "third-penny" sales tax for capital improvements, due to expire next summer, proposed charter amendments, and other topics pertaining to city government.
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Three boys and three girls each receive 1 halfpenny apple and 2 third-penny apples.
Amusements in Mathematics Henry Ernest Dudeney 1893
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