house duty
house-duty. Hist. English law. A tax first imposed in 1851 on inhabited houses. 14 & 15 Vict., ch. 36 (repealed 1924). • This tax replaced the window tax, which levied a duty on houses with more than six windows. See window tax under TAX.
HOUSE-DUTY
house duty
house duty 〈英〉房税 根据1851年《房税法》〔House Tax Act〕对住宅征收的代替窗户税〔window-duty〕的一种税，其征收额随着应税房屋的年价值和用途的不同而不同，该税已被1924年《财政法》〔Finance Act〕废除。 (→inhabited house duty)