exemption from taxation

exemption from taxation
In the broad sense, all property not taxed; in a narrower sense, the grant of immunity, express or implied, to particular persons or corporations, or to persons or corporations of a particular class, from a tax upon property or an excise which persons and corporations generally within the same taxing district are obliged to pay. 51 Am J1st Tax § 495. See tax exempt income; tax exemption; tax exempt organization.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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