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Window tax
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Casement
A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted Poetically … A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted Poetically A window
Dormer
A window pierced in a roof and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it … window pierced in a roof and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it Also the gablet or houselike structure in which it is contained
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Fumage, Fuage, or Fouage
st. 1, c. 10; but a tax was afterwards laid upon all houses, except cottages, and upon all windows, by 7 Wm. 3, c. 18. The window duty was repealed by 14 & 15 Vict. c. 36.
VerbarOEligil de boeliguf
A circular or oval window generally used of architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries A famous room in the palace of Versailles … centuries A famous room in the palace of Versailles bears this name from the oval window opening into it
House duty
inhabited houses imposed by the House Tax Act, 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 36), in lieu of window duty. The tax varied in amount, according to the annual value of the premises and the purpose for
Cornice
crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed as the cornice of an order pedestal door window or house … Any horizontal molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed as the cornice of an order pedestal door window or house
Lucite
is sold in various forms including rigid sheets which may be used as a substitute for glass in windows … based on methyl methacrylate esters the term is often used generically to refer to any similar transparent plastic It is sold in various forms including rigid sheets which may be used as a substitute for glass in
Observation deck
the surrounding area It is often an outdoor platform but is sometimes indoors in a room with large windows to accommodate viewing … or platform at a high point in a tall building with a broad view of the surrounding area It is often an outdoor platform but is sometimes indoors in a room with large windows to accommodate viewing
Light
Light. No right to have the access of the sun's rays to one's windows free from any obstruction exists at Common Law (see DAMNUM ABSQUE INJURIA) but by virtue of the (English) … of light for twenty years--commonly called 'ancient lights' --constitutes in every case an absolute and indefeasible right to it, unless the enjoyment took place under some deed or written consent or agreement, Hyman v. Van Den Bergh,
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