capitation tax

Whilst he abolished the capitation tax on Hindus and the tax upon Hindu pilgrims, he forbade infant marriages and, short of absolute prohibition, did all he could to discountenance the self-immolation of Hindu widows.

From India, Old and New by Sir Valentine Chirol

Whatever sums come into the public treasury arise from the capitation tax, the duties upon salt, and the tax upon this leaf.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

A poll or capitation tax was levied upon the nomadic and stationary gipsies, and money was even exacted under all kinds of pretences from the heads of the religious orders.

From Roumania Past and Present by James Samuelson

The taxes, too, and contributions, the capitation tax, the percentage upon corn, the various articles of revenues due to Rome, how are they to be paid?

From Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by John Henry Newman

They were to pay tribute—the tithe of their crops, a tax in silver, a capitation tax.

From History Of Ancient Civilization by Charles Seignobos