ASSESSOR,is particularly used among us, for an inhabitant of a town, or village, elected by the community, to settle the taxes, and other impositions of the year, to fix the proportion which each person is to bear, and to see the collection made. See TAX, etc. By the Stat. 16 & 17 Car. 2. two inhabitants in every parish were made assessors for the Royal Aid. See AID.
ASSESSOR
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- Written by: Ephraïm Chambers
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