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Definition of octroy

octroy
Octroi Oc`troi", n. [F.] 1. A privilege granted by the sovereign authority, as the exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a concession. 2. A tax levied in money or kind at the gate of a French city on articles brought within the walls. [Written also octroy.]

Meaning of octroy from wikipedia

- "Chart of the Malay Archipelago and the Dutch discoveries in Australia". Octroy Vande H.M. Heeren de Staten Generael der Vereenichde Neerlanden. The discoveries...
- geordineert door Jacob van Campen en geteeckent door Jacob Vennekool met Speciael Octroy van de Heeren Staten voor 15 Jaren, 1661, reproduced in Margaret Cameron...
- des personnes, & des familles titrées, les creations des chevaleries, & octroys des marques d'honneurs & de noblesse: Accordez par les princes souverains...
- des personnes, & des familles titrées, les creations des chevaleries, & octroys des Marques d'Honneur & de Noblesse (Liège, 1705), p. 28. On Google Books...
- des personnes, & des familles titrées, les creations des chevaleries, & octroys des marques d'honneurs & de noblesse: Accordez par les princes souverains...
- des personnes, & des familles titrées, les creations des chevaleries, & octroys des Marques d'Honneur & de Noblesse... / Jean François Broncaert Media...