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Cert Money

A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

In old English law

Head money or common fine. Money paid yearly by the residents of severul manors to the lords thereof, for the certain keeping of Certa debet esse intentio, et narratio, et certum fundamentum, et certa rea quere deducitur in judicium. The design and narration ought to be jcertain, and the foundation certain, and the matter certain, which is brought into court to be tried.

Co. Litt. 303¢.