Combustio pecuniae
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Burning of money; the ancient method of testing mixed and corrupt money, paid into the exchequer, by melting it down.
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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Burning of money; the ancient method of testing mixed and corrupt money, paid into the exchequer, by melting it down.