Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Tithe
n. 1. A tenth of one's income, esp. in reference to a religious or charitable gift. 2. Hist. A small tax or assessment, esp. in the amount of one-tenth. - tithe, ub.
antithetarius
[law latin] hist. an accused person who asserts that his or her accuser is guilty of the crime. cf. approver (1).
great tithe
A tithe paid in kind and therefore considered more valuable than other tithes. ( The great tithes often consisted of corn, peas, beans, hay, and wood.
mixed tithes
Tithes consisting of natural products, such as milk or wool, obtained or cultivated by human effort. "A second species of incorporeal hereditaments is that of tithes . the first species being usually called predial, as of corn, grass, hops, and wood; the second mixed, as of wool, milk, pigs, etc., consisting of natural products, but nurtured and preserved in part by the care of man; and of these the tenth must be paid in gross: the third personal, as of manual occupations, trades, fisheries, and the like; and of these only the tenth part of the clear gains and profits is due." 2 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 24 (1766).
tithe of agistment
Hist. A church-levied charge on grazing land. ( The tithe was paid by the occupier of the land rather than the person whose cattle grazed on the land. See AGISTMENT.
vicarial tithe
A small tithe payable to a vicar.