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- noun Plural form of
excise .
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Examples
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The Court sustained successively as "excises" or "duties," a tax on an insurance company's receipts for premiums and assessments; [1490] a tax on the circulating notes of State banks, [1491] an inheritance tax on real estate, [1492] and finally a general tax on incomes. [
The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Edward Samuel Corwin 1920
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Article I and the Sixteenth Amendment of the Constitution only authorize four types of taxes -- excises, imposts, capitation taxes, and income taxes -- and specify that Congress is the branch with power to levy these taxes.
Ken Blackwell: Avoiding the Danger of a "Clean" BBA Ken Blackwell 2011
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I believe that holding was reasonable, and I support it, although I would likely base the decision on a Constitutional basis other than a tortured reading of the Second Amendment that excises a number of words from the Constitution.
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The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
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Among the most remarkable of the tiny fossilized creatures Mr. Zalasiewicz excises from the stone are graptolites — an entirely extinct variety of oceanic drifters that formed intricate, communal chains.
Rock of Ages Brian Switek 2011
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The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
“Did you read the health care bill?” - with handy primer. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Circumcision is the weapon that not only destroys a boy's foreskin but also deftly excises maternal authority over the ultimate well-being of her child.
Miriam Pollack: Circumcision: Identity, Gender And Power Miriam Pollack 2011
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Article I and the Sixteenth Amendment of the Constitution only authorize four types of taxes -- excises, imposts, capitation taxes, and income taxes -- and specify that Congress is the branch with power to levy these taxes.
Ken Blackwell: Avoiding the Danger of a "Clean" BBA Ken Blackwell 2011
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Circumcision is the weapon that not only destroys a boy's foreskin but also deftly excises maternal authority over the ultimate well-being of her child.
Miriam Pollack: Circumcision: Identity, Gender And Power Miriam Pollack 2011
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Prior to 1913, Congress raised revenue through indirect taxes such as duties and excises.
A Federal Wealth Tax Requires Constitution To Be Amended First 2011
GHibbs commented on the word excises
Also, 3rd person singular of the verb 'to excise'. 'He excises lesions that could become cancerous.'
November 8, 2011