taille

The taille was only one of a number of taxes.

The taille became a major source of royal income.

This additional tax is rated upon all the different districts subject to the taille according to the old assessment.

The taille was enforced to provide funds to raise armies and wage war.

At the very least, the players assigned to the haute-contre and taille parts would have been silent.

In France, nobles were exempt from paying the taille, the major direct tax.

The juice from this residue, called the taille, is the poorest in terms of quality which may be used for Champagne.

They were both exempt from most taxes such as the church tithe and the taille (the main direct tax).

A model pirouettes in a muslin taille that will soon be a ball gown.

Such reimpositions are always over and above the taille of the particular year in which they are laid on.

A second rebellion in Vivarais at the same time also centered on refusal to pay the taille.

The taille, created in the 14th century, was one of the oldest taxes levied by the French monarchy.

As this is the only movement to include the recorders, the parts were likely performed by the oboe and taille players.

To increase tax revenues, the taille was augmented, as too were the prices of official posts in the administration and judicial system.

And these people pay the taille!

Although Taille was not a liturgist, his work created a huge controversy which raised interest in the form and character of the Mass.

The rebêche is the unclassified juice pressed after the first and second taille have been extracted.

Many families were put back on the lists of the taille and/or forced to pay fines for usurping noble titles.

In this council, the overall size of the taille was set, and financial and taxation disputes were judged.

It is derived from the Old French tailler (to cut) and taille (a cutting).

These included efforts to abolish serfdom, remove the taille, and increase tolerance toward non-Catholics.

The taille, as it still subsists in France, may serve as an example of those ancient tallages.

The Taille roles were updated regularly during "visites de feu" (fire visits).

In response, Richelieu raised the gabelle (salt tax) and the taille (land tax).

There were three direct taxes, created between the 15th and the 18th centuries: the taille, the capitation and the dixième.