† land-leaven.
Obsolete.
? A fee paid for permission to convey goods over certain land.
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land-leave?c1357
portage1588
carriage1610
portage duty1640
caphara1701
transit duty1753
pass duty1862
?c1357 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 560 Pro 3 par. Molarum lucrand…preter Landleve et cariag. eorundem, 13s. 4d.
1664 in Hargreave Coll. Tracts (1787) I. 57 The defendants pretended title to it as parcell of the town of Plymouth, and shewed usage to have had certain customs called land-leave, terrage, &c.
1669 in 4th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1874) 405/2 Penrose..said..that he had always received a 15th part of all goods cast on shore upon his ground for Landleave.
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