Damage-cleer

Fr. and Eng. d. damage de eler; clerk's compensation; (c[. J. Lat. damna clericorum^ In old English practice. A sum of money or fee which a plaintiff recovering damages in the courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas anciently had to pay to the prothonotary, or chief officer of the court, before he cpuld have execution. It was abolished by statute 17 Car. II. c. 6. Termes de la ley, CowelL DAMAGE FEASANT (or FAISANT). L. Fr. [L. Lat. damnum facientes,'] Doing damage. A term applied to a person's cattle or beasts found upon another's land, doing damage by treading down the grass, grain, &c. 3 Bl, Com. 7, 211. Tondina. This phrase seems to have been introduced in the reign of Edward III., in place of the older expression en son damage, {in damno suo.) Cra Ws Hist, Eng. Law, 292. See Damage,