"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.
I welcome you to my home as my son, as the husband of my daughter who is the noor of my eye. Your pain will be our pain, your joy our joy. I hope that you will come to see your Khala and Jamila and me as a second set of parents, and I pray for your and our lovely Soraya jan's happiness. you both have our blessings.
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