Definition for IN-DULT', or IN-DULT'O

IN-DULT', or IN-DULT'O, n. [It. indulto, a pardon; L. indultus, indulged.]

  1. In the church of Rome, the power of presenting to benefices, granted to certain persons, as to kings and cardinals. Encyc.
  2. In Spain, a duty, tax or custom, paid to the king for all goods imported from the West Indies in the galleons. Encyc.

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