| 单词 | acknowledgement-money |
| 释义 | > as lemmasacknowledgement-money acknowledgement-money n. now historical money paid in acknowledgement of some authority or obligation; spec. money paid by a tenant on the death of a landlord, in acknowledgement of the new lord. ΚΠ c1636 in Mariner's Mirror 23 (1937) 207 An Account of the acknowledmt money taken of the Holland fishermen..In Kunnings Dollars 100. 1717 T. Blount Law Dict. (at cited word) Acknowledgment-money is a Sum of Money paid by some Tenants, at the Death of their Landlord, in Acknowledgment of their new one. 1830 G. Concanen Rep. Rowe v. Brenton 19 (note) Chevage of natives was the acknowledgment-money paid by tenants in villenage, as a token of subjection to the lord as their chief head. 1962 A. L. Rowse Sir Walter Raleigh x. 180 The new bishop..claimed that Ralegh had....refused to pay a penny of the acknowledgment-money due to each bishop on consecration. < as lemmas |
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