illeviable
English
Etymology
From il- + leviable.
Adjective
illeviable (comparative more illeviable, superlative most illeviable)
- Not leviable; incapable of being collected or imposed.
- 1713, [Matthew Hale], “Concerning the Progress of the Laws of England after the Time of King William I. until the Time of King Edward II.”, in The History of the Common Law of England: […], [London]: […] J[ohn] Nutt, assignee of Edw[ard] Sayer Esq; for J. Walthoe, […], OCLC 723462176, page 163:
- He [Edward I of England] rectified and ſet in Order the Method of collecting his Revenue in the Exchequer, and removed obſolete and illeviable Parts thereof out of Charge; […]
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for illeviable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)