Definitionn. a tax on various goods brought into a town
Last update: July 31, 2015
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As archbishop of Toledo he exerted himself to protect the clergy from the obligation to pay the excises or octroi duties known as "the millions" and thereby helped to perpetuate the financial embarrassments of the government. [Please select]
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These market dues still survive in the "octroi" collected at the gates of some European cities. [Please select]
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The automobilist _en tour_ always has the identification papers of his automobile; in England his "License," and in France his "Certificat de Capacité" and "Récépisse de Déclaration," which will accomplish pretty much all the passport of other days would do if one flourished it to-day before a stubborn octroi official or the caretaker of a historical monument. [Please select]
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