Hearth Money
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Hearth-money, a tax levied by 14 Car. 2, c. 10. It was productive of great discontent, and was abolished by 1 W. & M. st. 1, c. 10.
A tax of two shilling levied on every fireplace as England, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 726.
A tax of two shilling levied on every fireplace as England, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 726.
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