Bar Fee
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In Englishlaw. 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 Vict. c. 114.