From where did the modern system of property taxes originate?
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Per The Oxford Companion to American Law, the modern property tax "has roots in the feudal obligations owed to British and European kings or landlords." Feudalism was a medieval system in which noblemen owned all the land, while peasants or serfs paid them homage and fees for protection and to live on and work the land.
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