prisage

American  

[prahy-zij] / ˈpraɪ zɪdʒ /

noun

Old English Law.

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

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prisage British  

/ ˈpraɪzɪdʒ /

noun

1. a customs duty levied until 1809 upon wine imported into England

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Etymology

Origin of prisage

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

Example Sentences

In the 14th century the burgesses of Hull disputed the right of the archbishop of York to prisage of wine and other liberties in Hull, which they said belonged to the king.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

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

From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir

It was the practice, exercised according to ancient custom, of the Archbishop of York to claim prisage from every vessel of twenty tons burden entering the river Hull.

From Old Church Lore by Andrews, William

The English merchants, however, for the time, successfully resisted the application in their case of the higher charges, and consequently remained under the old prisage of wine.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various

In law, the sovereign's right to prisage, or one pipe of wine before, and another behind the masts, as customary in every cargo of wine.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir