Associations to the word «Prisage»
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Wiktionary
PRISAGE, noun. (legal) (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.
PRISAGE, noun. (obsolete) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.
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