levy court — noun : a body of magistrates exercising in some states (as Delaware) the functions performed in other states by county commissioners the Levy Court of each county shall meet at the courthouse … three times in every year Del. Revised Statutes … Useful english dictionary
levy — I To assess; raise; execute; exact; tax; collect; gather; take up; seize. Thus, to levy (assess, exact, raise, or collect) a tax; to levy (raise or set up) a nuisance; to levy (acknowledge) a fine; to levy (inaugurate) war; to levy an execution,… … Black's law dictionary
levy — I To assess; raise; execute; exact; tax; collect; gather; take up; seize. Thus, to levy (assess, exact, raise, or collect) a tax; to levy (raise or set up) a nuisance; to levy (acknowledge) a fine; to levy (inaugurate) war; to levy an execution,… … Black's law dictionary
LEVY, URIAH PHILLIPS — (1792–1862), U.S. naval officer. Levy was born in Philadelphia, into a distinguished family of U.S. patriots. Running away to sea at ten, he became a sailing master in the United States navy at 20 and a midshipman four years later. Commissioned… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Levy Mwanawasa — Levy Patrick Mwanawasa Mwanawasa on 16 March 2006. 3rd President of Zambia In office 2 January 2002 – 19 August 2008 Vice President … Wikipedia
levy — 1 / le vē/ n pl lev·ies 1: an act of levying: as a: the imposition or collection of a tax b: the seizure according to a writ of execution of real or personal property in a judgment debtor s possession to satisfy a judgment debt 2: an amount… … Law dictionary
LEVY, MOSES — (c. 1665–1728), New York merchant and landowner. Levy arrived from England sometime before 1695. In that year he was made a freeman of the city, enabling him to embark on a noteworthy mercantile career and became probably the most prominent and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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LEVY, JACOB — (1819–1892), rabbi and lexicographer. Born near Poznan, Poland, he studied under his father, Rabbi Isaac Levy, and under Rabbi akiva eger by whom he was ordained. He also studied philology and Middle Eastern languages at Breslau and Halle… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Levy v. Louisiana — Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants = Levy v. Louisiana ArgueDate = March 27 ArgueYear = 1968 DecideDate = May 20 DecideYear = 1968 FullName = Louise Levy, Administratrix v. Louisiana through the Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans Board of… … Wikipedia