Prisage

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Prisage [1]

(1): ( n.) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.

(2): ( n.) A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more, - one before and one behind the mast. By charter of Edward I. butlerage was substituted for this.

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