Pierage
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
The duty for maintaining piers and harbor. PI GNO RATIO (Lat. from pignorare, to pledge). In Civil Law. The obligation of a pledge.
L. 9 D. de pignor.
Sealing up (o&signatio). A shutting up of an animal caught in one’s field and keeping it till the expenses and damage have been paid by its master.
New Decis. 1, 34, 13.