"Octroi" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
Fr. In French law. originally, a duty, whlch, by the permission of the seigneur, any city was accustomed to col-lect on liquors and some other goods, brought wlthln its precincts, for the consumption of the inhabitants. Afterwards appropriated to the use of the king. Steph. J<ect. p. 361
A privilege granted by the sovereign authority, as the
exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a concession.
A tax levied in money or kind at the gate of a French city
on articles brought within the walls.
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