Meaning of sisa | Babel Free

Definitions

1. assize (a statute or ordinance, especially one regulating weights and measures)
   feminine, historical
2. tax, imposition or surcharge on sale good
   feminine, historical

Equivalents

Examples

“1439, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 419”

Assize of the pots: Item, they ordered that any person who brings a load of pots from the outside for selling inside this city, that they shall pay two white coins for each load; and a white coin for a sack; and for the lot that they carry in their arms, a coin; an two coins for each amphora

“1341, M. J. Portela Silva (ed.), Documentos da catedral de Lugo. Século XIV, doc. 415”

of each load of wine that is sold, they shall pay twenty solidi; and half of this tax so obtained must be for the city council, and the other half for us [the bishop and chapter]

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