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Chiefly in plural. Ecclesiastical Law and Feudal Law. A payment, usually representing the amount of the first year's income, formerly paid by each…
the right of the English Crown, on the death of a tenant-in-chief, to take and retain seisin of land until the heir has performed homage and paid…