tithes

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tithes - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  TITHES, Eng. law. A right to the tenth part of the produce of, lands, the 
  stocks upon lands, and the personal industry of the inhabitants. These 
  tithes are raised for the support of the clergy. 
       2. Fortunately, in the United States, the clergy can be supported by 
  the zeal of the people for religion, and there are, no tithes. Vide Cruise, 
  Dig. tit. 22; Ayliffe's Parerg. 504.