Assertion: negation | /r/CapableOf | impose tax
Facets:
value: on exports
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: on imports
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The restriction in question amounts to what lawyers call a NEGATIVE PREGNANT that is, a NEGATION of one thing, and an AFFIRMANCE of another; a negation of the authority of the States to impose taxes on imports and exports, and an affirmance of their authority to impose them on all other articles.