Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Aver Penny

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Money paid to the

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Money paid for freedom from cattle service due the king.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Money paid towards the king’s averages or carriages, and so to be freed thereof.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Averpeny. [quasi average penny.] In old English charters. Money contributed towards the king's averages, (carriages cum averiis); or money given to be freed thereof. Rastal Expos. verb. cited in Cowell. Blount. 2 Inst. 35.