- Look up
impost in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Impost may mean: A type of tax,
especially a tax
levied on
imports A
handicap (usually a lead weight)...
-
serving as the base for the
springer or
lowest voussoir of an arch. The
imposts are left
smooth or profiled, and "then
express a
certain separation between...
- duties,
imposts, and excises, ... but all duties,
imposts, and
excises shall be
uniform throughout the
United States.": 132 If the term "
imposts" was intended...
- mints. He
stated that it
would be U.S.
policy "to
collect the
duties and
imposts"; "there will be no invasion, no
using of
force against or
among the people...
-
cardinals to
remedy the
state of the
finances and
relieve the
pressure of
imposts,
called to
account Nicolò
Bischi for the
spending of
funds intended for...
- above,
transferring it from
stone to
stone to the springer's
bottom face (
impost),
which is
horizontal and p****es the
thrust on to the buttresses, piers...
- Congress's
power to
impose "Taxes, Duties,
Imposts and Excises," but
Article I,
Section 8
requires that, "Duties,
Imposts and
Excises shall be
uniform throughout...
-
including the
power to lay and
collect "taxes, duties,
imposts, and excises" (provided duties,
imposts, and
excises are
uniform throughout the
United States)...
- a
horizontal cornice transects a round-headed arch at the
level of the
imposts,
where the arch springs. If the top of the
lunette itself is
bordered by...
- in
February 1781, to give
Congress the
power to
collect a five
percent impost, or duty on all imports, but this
required ratification by all states; securing...
