Acknowledgment Money
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In English law. A sum paid by tenants of copyhold in some parts of England, as a recognition of their superior lords. Cowell; Blount. Called a fine by Blackstone. 2 Bl. Comm. 98.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A Bum paid by tenants of copyhold in some pai England, as a recognition of their sup lords. Cowell; Blount. Called a fine by Blackstone; 2 Bla. Com. 98.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A sum paid in some parts of England by copyhold tenants on the death of their lords, as a recognition of their new lords, in like manner as money is usually paid on the attornment of tenants. Cowell.
Defined under Acknowledgment in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A sum paid in some parts of England by copyhold tenants on the death of their lords, as a recognition of their new lords, in like manner as money is usually paid on the attornment of tenants. Cowell.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A sum of money paid by copyhold tenants, in some parts of England, on the death of their landlords, as an acknowledgment of their new lords. Cowell. Holthouse,