tax sale
noun[C]
LAW,PROPERTYUSukusasituationin which thegovernmenttakesandsellsthepropertyofpeoplewho have notpaidtax:
Theyboughtthebuildingverycheaplyin ataxsalelastyear.
Thetaxsaleprocessis used tocollectanydebtover $10,000dollars.
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The was put up fortaxsalein 2007, but received no bids.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Then, with nearly $5 million in liens against the hotel, it went totaxsale.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The estate had been sold to pay outstanding taxes, but the lawsuit contested thetaxsaleas improper.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Lee argued thattaxsaleof the entire property (rather than just that portion needed to pay the tax debt) amounted to confiscation and was unconstitutional.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The barber had bought the house at ataxsaleat a time of great financial distress, twenty years before, for five hundred dollars.
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