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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In old English law, the taking of provisions from any person in fairs or markets before the royal purveyors were served with necessaries for the sovereign.
- noun In Anglo-Saxon law:
- noun The seizure and rescue of stolen or lost property, particularly cattle, from the thief or from persons having illegal possession.
- noun The reward fixed for such seizure or rescue.
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