Antiqua customa

ANTIQUA CUSTOMA, Eng. law. A duty or imposition which was collected on wool,wool-felts, and leather, was so called. This custom was called nova customauntil the 22 Edw. I., when the king, without parliament, set a newimposition of 40s. a sack, and then, for the first time, the nova customawent by the name of antiqua customa. Bac. Ab. Smuggling &c. B.