maltolte
maltolte is the alternative form of maletote.
Meaning of maletote
Noun
maletote (plural maletotes)
- An arbitrary tax; in particular, a levy imposed by the English monarch on a certain good beyond ordinary customs duties.
- Immediately hereupon, even this very yeere, was this complained of in Parliament, and a Petition exibited by the Lords and Cõmons, that it might be enacted, that this Maletolt or Imposition, because it was taken without assent of Parliament, might be taken away, and that a Law might be made, that...1641, William Hakewil[l], The Libertie of the Subject: Against the Pretended Power of Impositions […], page 54
Forms of maltolte
| plural | maltoltes |
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Questions about maltolte
- What is maltolte the alternative form of?
- Maltolte is the alternative form of maletote.
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