单词 | maletolt |
释义 | maletoltn. Law. Now historical. An unjust or burdensome tax. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > [noun] > excessive, arbitrary, or illegal maletolta1325 exaction1398 uncustom1569 bondage1658 extortion1727 squeeze1858 a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xlii. 110 For þat to more del of þe communaute of þe londe velez hoem harde igreuede for þe maletoute of wolle. 1456 in 5th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1876) App. 492 in Parl. Papers (C. 1432) XL. 1 Every ale brewer..shall..pay the Maltode off all such ale as thei shall brewe. 1514 Mem. Constables Tournay in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. iv. 8 In Calais..no maltot is demaunded..: wheras we of the king's garrison of Tournay pay for every tun of wine 40s. sterling maltot. a1618 W. Raleigh Prerogatiue Parl. (1628) 32 The King [sc. Richard II] had giuen him a subsedy upon wools, called a Maletot. 1627 R. Cotton Short View Life & Raigne Henry III 23 They blame him..to haue vndone the trade of Merchants by bringing in Maltolts and heauy customes. 1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. iv. 46 [Richard II] had recourse to forced loans, and to..the Maletolte of his grandfather. 1884 S. Dowell Hist. Taxation in Eng. I. v. ii. 133 The king and counsil authorised an impost; but this subsequently formed the subject of complaint as a maletoute. 1901 R. Graham S. Gilbert 126 The maltôtes..levied on the export of wool by the Crown. 1911 Encycl. Brit. IX. 497/1 The ‘maltolt’—or illegal tax—as his subjects called it, provoked the anger of the whole body of merchants in England. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1325 |
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