Lexicographical Neighbors of Octrois
Literary usage of Octrois
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science by George Woodyatt Hastings, Andrew Edgar, Charles Wager Ryalls, Edwin Pears (1863)
"On the Abolition of the octrois in Belgium. ... octrois were a temptation to fraud,
... octrois ..."
2. The French Revolution by Hippolyte Taine (1878)
"Abolition of the salt tax, excise, and octrois.—Direct taxation in 1789 and
1790.—Delay and insufficiency of the returns.—New levies in 1791 and 1792. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Other cities were allowed gradually to follow suit, and in 1809 a law was passed
laying down the basis on which octrois might be established. ..."
4. Municipal Administration by John Archibald Fairlie (1901)
"The octrois are duties levied at the city gates on articles of ... In 1823, 1434
communes had octrois, and 1501 in 1899, but the increase in urban ..."
5. Public Finance by Charles Francis Bastable (1892)
"Some German towns retain the octrois as a supplemental resource. ... North Germany
is for the most part free from octrois, though a beer duty is levied, ..."
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