personal tax

personal tax
Broadly, the burden imposed by government on its own citizens for the benefits which that government affords by its protection and its laws. United States v Erie Railroad Co. (US) 16 Otto 327, 333, 27 L Ed 151, 155, 1 S Ct 223. In a narrower sense, a poll or head tax.

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