Meanings
- not comparableRelating to taxation.
We gather from this that the taxative machinery of the exchequer — that is, the visits of the barons to the different towns and county courts for the purpose of rating the feudal aids and assessing Danegeld — […]
1906, William Stubbs, Lectures on Early English History, page 325 - not comparableExhaustive, comprehensive.
They are merely demonstrative, not taxative.
1829, Cases Decided in the House of Lords, on Appeal from the Courts of Scotland, volume 1, published 1825, page 5991 more example
It was held that the description was indicative of the identity of the lands, but not taxative as to the extent.
1876, Robert Hunter, A Treatise on the Law of Landlord and Tenant, 4th edition, volume 2, page 182
Origin
Related to taxation and taxing. Compare the German taxativ.
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