ways and mean

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ways and mean - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  WAYS AND MEANS. In legislative assemblies there is usually appointed a 
  committee whose duties are to inquire into, and propose to the house, the 
  ways and means to be adopted to raise funds for the use of the government. 
  This body is called the committee of ways and means.