EXCISES

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  EXCISES. This word is used to signify an inland imposition, paid sometimes 
  upon the consumption of the commodity, and frequently upon the retail sale. 
  1 Bl. Com. 318; 1 Tuck. Bl. Com. Appx. 341; Story, Const. Sec. 950.