Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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house-duty.
Hist. English law. A tax first imposed in 1851 on inhabited houses. 14 & 15 Vict., ch. 36 (repealed 1924). ( This tax replaced the window tax, which levied a duty on houses with more than six windows. See window tax under TAX.