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Definition of Fifteenths

1. fifteenth [n] - See also: fifteenth

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fifteenths

Literary usage of Fifteenths

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"(b) Ancient levies — (i) Tenths and fifteenths.— Tenths, and fifteenths,1 were temporary aids issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by ..."

2. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"The amount of a fifteenth, which was more usu- inall>'actual tenths and ally granted than a tenth, was finally reduced to a fixed basis fifteenths. by a ..."

3. A History of Taxation and Taxes in England from the Earliest Times to the by Stephen Dowell (1888)
"Grant of fifteenths and tenths and a subsidy in 1553. The subsidy is released by queen Mary. The marquis of Winchester lord treasurer. ..."

4. An historical account of the origin of the Commission appointed to inquire by Nicholas Carlisle (1828)
"Tenths, and fifteenths, were temporary aids issuing out of personal property, and granted to the King by Parliament. They were formerly the real Tenth or ..."

5. A Sketch of the History of Taxes in England from the Earliest Times to the by Stephen Dowell (1876)
"And, briefly stated, the narrative, except as far as it relates to fifteenths and tenths, re- Subse- solves itself into a record of the gradual introduction ..."

6. Lancaster and York: A Century of English History (A.D. 1399-1485) by James Henry Ramsay (1892)
"Sundry But besides the regular fifteenths and Tenths Henry received a few other grants which, though trifling, must be mentioned. ..."

7. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"... three kegs containing three and three-fifteenths gallons of contraband corn whisky; against the form of the statute in such case made and provided and ..."

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