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Impost

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Impost [fr. impot, Fr.; impositum, Lat.], any tax or tribute imposed by authority; particularly a tax or duty laid by government on goods imported.

In wider sense means any tax or imposition includes every kind of tax or contribution not covered under the ordinary terms 'taxes and excise', A Dictionary of Law, William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 527.

Is especially a duty on imported goods and merchandise, Random House Webser Unabridged Dictionary, p. 962.

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