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Assess

ASSESS', v.t. [L. assideo, ad and sedeo.]
1. To set, fix or charge a certain sum upon one, as a tax; as, to assess each citizen in due proportion.
2. To value; to fix the value of property, for the purpose of being taxed; as by the law of the United States. Also, to value or fix the profits of business, for the purpose of taxation.
3. To set, fix or ascertain; as, it is the province of a jury to assess damages.
ASSESS', n. Assessment. [Not used.]

 

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