VECTIGALI

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

  VECTIGALIA. Among the Romans this word signified duties which were paid to 
  the prince for the importation and exportation of certain merchandise. They 
  differed from tribute, which was a tax paid by each individual. Code, 4, 61, 
  5 and 13.