Corsepresent
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
In English law
A mortuary or customary gift, due to the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner, was anciently so called from its being brought to church along with the corpse, when it came to be buried.
2 Bl, Com. 425, 426. 3 Steph, Com. 148.
See MS, cited in Blount.