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ward-fee
[f. ward n.2 + fee n.1]
†1. In feudal law, a sum of money paid by a vassal to a superior lord in lieu of military service.
1202in Cal. Charter Rolls (1903) I. 257 Sint liberi et quieti..de hundredfeh, wardfeh, et fisteh, et de operatione castellorum. 1765–8Erskine Inst. Law Scot. ii. iv. §4 Ward vassals found it their interest to charge the ward fee with a determinate sum, to be paid yearly to the superior.
2. A fee charged in a hospital ward.
1789J. Howard Lazarettos 136 Here are no ward-fees taken. |