2. Verb. (third-person singular of cess) ¹
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Definition of Cesses
1. cess [v] - See also: cess
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cesses
Literary usage of Cesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"Total amount of Government assessment, including local rates and cesses on land,
... average incidence of assessment, including local rates and cesses, 1s. ..."
2. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept (1893)
"We will not take cesses from the people and other traders of the pargana, and we
will satisfy the claims of our relations so that they will not complain to ..."
3. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept (1893)
"We will not take cesses from the people and other traders of the pargana, and we
will satisfy the claims of our relations so that they will not complain to ..."
4. The Province of Burma: A Report Prepared on Behalf of the University of Chicago by Alleyne Ireland (1907)
"in both memorials, is that no cesses should be imposed cesses on Land <>n the
... These cesses which are levied for the construction and repair of roads, ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1872)
"... in any manner relating to such rates and cesses. We cannot, however, say that
the question as to the existence of the custom to take shingle from the ..."
6. The Economic History of India in the Victorian Age: From the Accession of by Romesh Chunder Dutt (1908)
"And secondly, as the new cesses were imposed on the soil, they violated the limits
which the East India Company and Sir Charles Wood had fixed for the Land ..."
7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1907)
"... Jamestown, Va., September 23, 1907. cesses and failures and determine as
accurately as may be possible their causes as a basis for improved practise. ..."
8. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1891)
"In I -<(J6 he was a member of the royal commission appointed to inquire into the
quantity of coal consumed in manufactories. cesses and principles of ..."
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