 The most determined objections came from the "pays d'ètats", regions which traditionally avoided direct collection of similar taxes, the estates paying instead "abonnements", or annual lump sum payments which usually ended up being much less than the proper amount collected individually.After registration of the "vingtième" edicts by the parlements, the Languedoc estates voted to deny the government their usual annual payment, and were subsequently dissolved until 1752, the "vingtième" being collected directly by the royal intendant.In Brittany, the estates successfully prevented the collection of the new tax, leading to the imprisonment of several leading nobles.