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A duty formerly paid to the Crown for the royal licence (licentia concordandi) to levy a fine; = king's silver n. (a) at king, n. compounds 5b.
(a) (Law) a duty formerly paid to the Crown for the royal licence to levy a fine; = post fine, n.; (b) silver blessed by a king and used to make…
A fee payable on the issue of a writ, constituting the first part of a fine. Cf. post fine, n.