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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In English law, a fine due to the king by prerogative. Also called the king's silver (which see, under
silver ). Seealienation-office .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (O. Eng. Law) A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands, when the same was fully passed; -- called also the
king's silver .
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