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stallage

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[staw-lij] / ˈstɔ lɪdʒ /

noun

English Law.

  1. the right to set up a stall in a fair or market.

  2. rent paid for such a stall.

Etymology

Origin of stallage

1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-Latin stallāgium, Anglo-French estalage. See stall 1, -age

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The law also provided that stallage might be levied on any house situated in the vicinity of a market, and kept open for business during the legal term of the said market.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

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