Bar Fee
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
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.