# Octroi and octroy (that) (octroi, charter)

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## Definition

In general, a tax on consumer goods, especially foodstuffs, levied in the past with the permission of the state or sovereign in some towns in Europe, often requiring a certain amount to be paid into the poor relief fund. - In particular, it was a tax on commodities being brought into a town. The main purpose of this tax was to protect the town's own field-citizens. A field-citizen was a native who farmed agricultural land outside the town walls but belonging to the town (peasant in a town who has all the rights of a citizen) and was thus of great importance for the local provisions (local supply) of the town. - Sometimes also said in reference to the boundaries where this tax is collected (the boundary where this tax is collected). - See excise, poor money, detz, impost, chocolate tax, ungeld, Verzehrgeld. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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