- civil list
- In England it is the fiscal appropriation for the maintenance and support of the royal family. In the United States, it is general governmental expense, not including the army and navy.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
civil list
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Civil list — List List, n. [AS. l[=i]st a list of cloth; akin to D. lijst, G. leiste, OHG. l[=i]sta, Icel. lista, listi, Sw. list, Dan. liste. In sense 5 from F. liste, of German origin, and thus ultimately the same word.] 1. A strip forming the woven border… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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