prisage

[prahy-zij] /ˈpraɪ zɪdʒ/

Word Origin

noun, Old English Law.

the right of the king to take a certain quantity of every cargo of wine imported.

Compare butlerage.

Origin of prisage

Medieval Latin

1495-1505

1495-1505; prise + -age; compare Medieval Latin prisāgium

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There is also another antient hereditary duty belonging to the crown, called the prisage or butlerage of wines.

Commentaries on the Laws of England William Blackstone

British Dictionary definitions for prisage

prisage

/ˈpraɪzɪdʒ/

noun

a customs duty levied until 1809 upon wine imported into England

Word Origin

C16: from Anglo-French, from Old French prise a taking or requisitioning, duty, from prendre to take; see prise

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