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   Levy , n.; pl. Levies . [A contr. of elevenpence or elevenpenny bit.] A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12½ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.
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   Levy, n. [F. levée, fr. lever to raise. See Lever, and cf. Levee.]
   The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.
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   A levy of all the men left under sixty.
   Thirlwall.
   
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   That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc. “ The Irish levies.”
   Macaulay.
   
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   (Law) The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.
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   Levy in mass [F. levée en masse], a requisition of all able-bodied men for military service.
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   Levy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Levied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Levying.]
   To raise, as a siege. [Obs.] Holland.
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   To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.
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   Augustine . . . inflamed Ethelbert, king of Kent, to levy his power, and to war against them.
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   To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
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   If they do this . . . my ransom, then,
   Will soon be levied.
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   (Law) (a) To gather or exact; as, to levy money. (b) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc. [Obs.] Cowell. Blackstone. (c) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
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   To levy a fine, to commence and carry on a suit for assuring the title to lands or tenements. Blackstone. -- To levy war, to make or begin war; to take arms for attack; to attack.
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   Levy, v. i. To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods.
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   To levy on goods and chattels, to take into custody or seize specific property in satisfaction of a writ.
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