stamp duty

noun

1. a tax on legal documents, publications, etc, the payment of which is certified by the attaching or impressing of official stamps

Example Sentences

He also proposed to relieve Ireland from the stamp-duty on awards, the loss on which would not exceed 500 a year.

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In like manner the extracts forwarded to parties from their accounts are free from stamp duty and taxation.

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Mr. Grenville, Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced sundry resolutions relative to the imposition of stamp duty in America.

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Do you think the people of America would submit to pay the stamp duty if it was moderated?

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This testimonial shall be certified by the borough magistrate free of costs and stamp duty.

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