taxonomy (taksonomi)

[Prop. * taxiono my; νόμος, a law.] The laws and principles of taxology, or their application to the cla ifying of objects of natural history; that department of science which treats of cla ification; the practice of cla ifying according to certain principles. The systematic statement and generalization of the facts of Morphology, in such a manner as to arrange living beings in groups according to their degrees of likene , is Taxonomy . Huxley , Anat. Invert., p. 16. taxor (tak's or), n. Same as taxer . S. Dowell , Taxes in England, I. 96. taxpayer (taks'pā"ér), n. One who is a e ed and pays a tax or taxes. - Taxpayers' act, a statute in some of the United States enabling a court of equity to enjoin malfeasance of municipal and town and county officers at suit of one more taxpayers. Taxpayers' action, an action brought by one or more taxpayers to enjoin official malfeasance. tax-sale (taks'sāl), n. A sale of land by public authority for the non-payment of taxes a e ed thereon.