Stamp duty
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Stamp duty is a tax that is levied on documents. Historically, this included the majority of legal documents such as: cheques; receipts; military commissions; marriage licences; land transactions; etc. A physical stamp (a tax stamp) had to be attached to or impressed upon the document to denote that stamp duty had been paid before the document was legally effective. More modern versions of the tax no longer require a physical stamp.
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