Subsidy
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SUBSIDY, Eng. law. An aid, tax or tribute granted by parliament to the king
for the urgent occasions of the kingdom, to be levied on every subject of
ability, according to the value of his lands or goods. Jacob's Law. Dict.
h.t.
2. The assistance given in money by one nation to another to enable it
the better to carry on a war, when such nation does not join directly in the
war, is called a subsidy. Vattel, liv. 3, Sec. 82. See Neutrality.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.