Definition of Prisage. Meaning of Prisage. Synonyms of Prisage

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Definition of Prisage

Prisage
Prisage Pris"age (?; 48), n. [OF. prisage a praising, valuing, taxing; cf. LL. prisagium prisage; or from F. prise a taking, capture, prize. See Prize.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) 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. By charter of Edward I. butlerage was substituted for this. --Blackstone. (b) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.

Meaning of Prisage from wikipedia

- Prisage was a medieval duty on wine imported into England by English merchants. The duty was levied from 1150 and was intended to act as a form of purveyance...
- has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Butlerage and Prisage". Butlerage was a duty of two shillings on every ton of wine imported into...
- Cases. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 63)) Prisage and Butlerage of Wines Act 1803 (repealed) 43 Geo. 3. c. 156 12 August...
- (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 63)) Duties of Prisage and Butlerage (Ireland) Act 1806 (repealed) 46 Geo. 3. c. 94 16 July 1806...
- Pounds, payable out of the Consolidated Fund in lieu of the Duties of Prisage and Butlerage of Wines granted by King Charles the Second to Henry First...
- extravagant lifestyle, Walter gave up his hereditary right to the grant of the prisage of the wines of Ireland for an enormous sum of money. The right had been...
- permitted by Law. (Repealed by Customs Law Repeal Act 1825 (6 Geo. 4. c. 105)) Prisage and Butlerage of Wines (Ireland) Act 1811 (repealed) 51 Geo. 3. c. 51 31...
- 14th century, tonnage was a duty upon all wines imported in addition to prisage and butlerage, while poundage was a duty imposed ad valorem at the rate...
- annuity of £6,870 in respect of the commutator of the dues of butlerage and prisage. To the Duke of St Albans was granted in 1684 the office of Master of the...
- of England. Some time after, King Henry II of England granted him the prisage of wines, to enable him, and his heirs, the better to support the dignity...