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Levying
(gcide) | Levy \Lev"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Levied (l[e^]v"[i^]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Levying.]
1. To raise, as a siege. [Obs.] --Holland.
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2. 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. --Fuller.
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3. 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. --Shak.
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4. (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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Replevying
(gcide) | Replevy \Re*plev"y\ (-?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Replevied (-?d);
p. pr. & vb. n. Replevying.] [OF. replevir, LL. replevire.
See Pledge, Replevin.]
1. (Law) To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose
(goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon
giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law,
and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff,
to return the property replevied.
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2. (Old Eng. Law) To bail. --Spenser.
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LEVYING WAR
(bouvier) | LEVYING WAR, crim. law. The assembling of a body of men for the purpose of
effecting by force a treasonable object; and all who perform any part
however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are
leagued in the general conspiracy, are considered as engaged in levying war,
within the meaning of the constitution. 4 Cranch R. 473-4; Const. art. 3, s.
3. Vide Treason; Fries' Trial; Pamphl. This is a technical term, borrowed
from the English law, and its meaning is the same as it is when used in
stat. 25 Ed. III.; 4 Cranch's R. 471; U. S. v. Fries, Pamphl. 167; Hall's
Am. Law Jo. 351; Burr's Trial; 1 East, P. C. 62 to 77; Alis. Cr. Law of
Scotl. 606; 9 C. & P. 129.
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