A sheriff’s fee due upon a prisoners acquittal.
Definition of Bar Fee
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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
A sheriff’s fee due upon a prisoners acquittal.
In English law. A fee taken by the sheriff, time out of mind, for every prisoner who is acquitted. Bac. Abr. "Extortion." Abolished by St 14 Geo. III. c. 26; 55 Geo. III. c. 50; 8 & 9 Viet. c. 114.