censitary

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Definition of censitary

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adj

(not-comparable)(of an elective franchise, especially in the nineteenth century) dependent on or proportional to a poll tax (cense) or property qualification; restricted.

“The composition of the Provincial and District Assemblies out of representatives of the three orders (peasants, clergy, and nobles), and the censitary provisions taken for keeping the representatives of the peasants in a minority, were, as experience has shown, a useless and vexatious precaution.”
“By 1791-92, the two camps were moving toward a property-based, or censitary, compromise”

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From Medieval Latin censitarius, from Latin censere (“assess (for tax)”). Compare French censitaire, Spanish and Italian censitario.

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