#administrative history

• Aldămașeriu — An old legal or administrative fee historically collected in medieval and early modern Transylvania, related to the official authentication of bills of sale or the issuance of privileges. The term represents an institutionalization or legal formalization of the folk custom of 'aldămaș', turned into a mandatory payment to the authorities.
• Feudal horse tax — A minor office or feudal tax historically levied in the Romanian Principalities for breeding rights, the use of princely stallions, or the registration of purebred horses in court ledgers. Additionally, in an ethnographic sense, the term can describe a traditional agrarian custom or ritual related to the selection, measuring, and blessing of young stallions before sending them to spring pastures.
• Local tax — An archaic or regional term historically used in the Balkan space and in some rural communities in the south of the country to denote a tax, a tribute, a local communal fee, or a form of material obligation imposed on inhabitants for the maintenance of public roads or drainage systems.