- Look up
impost in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Impost may mean: A type of tax,
especially a tax
levied on
imports A
handicap (usually a lead weight)...
- In architecture, an
impost or
impost block is a
projecting block resting on top of a
column or
embedded in a wall,
serving as the base for the springer...
- mints. He
stated that it
would be US
policy "to
collect the
duties and
imposts"; "there will be no invasion, no
using of
force against or
among the people...
-
called "handicap"), each
horse must
carry a
specified weight called the
impost, ****igned by the
racing secretary or
steward based on
factors such as past...
- above,
transferring it from
stone to
stone to the springer's
bottom face (
impost),
which is
horizontal and p****es the
thrust on to the supports. Voussoir...
-
reduced inheritance and
personal income taxes,
cancelled many
excise imposts,
eliminated the gift tax and
ended public access to
federal income tax...
- in
February 1781, to give
Congress the
power to
collect a five
percent impost, or duty on all imports, but this
required ratification by all states; securing...
- race, and each time he won
under steadily increasing handicap weights (
imposts) of up to 130
pounds (59 kg). For the
third time,
Seabiscuit faced off...
- A
pulvino (or
impost block) is an
architectural structural element (dosseret)
having the
shape of an
inverted pyramid cushion,
which is
placed between...
- Constitution: "Congress
shall have
Power To lay and
collect Taxes, Duties,
Imposts and Excises." But
Congress has
repeatedly shifted its
powers regarding...
