Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Stamp
n. An official mark or seal placed on a document, esp. to indicate that a required tax (such as duty or excise tax) has been paid.
documentary stamp
A stamp required to be affixed to a deed or other instrument before it is recorded.
documentary stamp tax
See stamp tax.
revenue stamp
A stamp used as evidence that a tax has been paid.
rubber-stamp seal
1. In most states, a notary public's official seal, which is inkstamped onto documents and is therefore photographically reproducible. * It typically includes the notary's name, the state seal, the words "Notary Public," the name of the county where the notary's bond is filed, and the expiration date of the notary's commission. 2. The imprint made by this seal.
stamp acts
English statutes requiring and regulating stamps on deeds, contracts, legal papers, bills, or other documents.
stamp duty
Hist. A tax raised by requiring stamps sold by the government to be affixed to designated documents, thus forming part of the perpetual revenue. See stamp tax under TAX. "A fifth branch of the perpetual revenue consists in the stamp duties, which are a tax imposed upon all parchment and paper whereon any legal proceedings, or private instruments of almost any nature whatsoever, are written; and also upon licenses . . . and pamphlets containing less than six sheets of paper. These imposts are very various, according to the nature of the thing stamped, rising gradually from a penny to ten pounds." 1 William Blackstone, Cornnientaries on tlu Laws of England 312-13 (1765)
stamp tax
A tax imposed by requiring the purchase of a revenue stamp that must be affixed to a legal document (such as a deed or note) before the document can be recorded. -Also termed documentary-stamp tax.