Levy - Compulsory Government Measures

Compulsory Government Measures

  • To force someone into military or national service by means of conscription
    • Feudal levies a form of medieval conscription
    • Shire levy, a means of military recruitment in medieval England
  • A legal action, where property of a judgment debtor is taken for public sale to satisfy a monetary judgment
  • An imposition of a fine
  • To take money in order to pay off a tax liability
  • To wage war

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