octrois
- plural of octroi.
Example Sentences
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These, again, are evidently monopolies and octrois going back to the time when he was in possession of public authority.
From The Ancient Regime by Durand, John
I have called the tax “black-mail”; it deserves a better name, being clearly the rudest form of those transit-dues and octrois which are in nowise improved by “progress.”
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Through this tax, and through to the previous action of customs-duties, tolls, octrois or monopolies, the State collects a certain percentage on the price of various kinds of merchandise sold.
From The Modern Regime, Volume 1 by Durand, John
In fact, Fregier describes the criminal industries which are called into existence by octrois, and which will disappear with the abolition of these absurd and unjust duties.
From Criminal Sociology by Ferri, Enrico
The octrois of towns.—The poor the greatest sufferers.
From The Ancient Regime by Durand, John
