Prisage
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpɹaɪzɪd͡ʒ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prisage is a noun meaning (law, UK, obsolete) A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more: one before and one behind the mast.
Meaning
(law, UK, obsolete) A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more: one before and one behind the mast.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.
Example Sentences
There is also another very ancient hereditary duty belonging to the crown, called the prisage, or butlerage of wines
Word Forms
- prisages
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rivage, purveyance, purveyancing, toll, truage, pratique.
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