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Auxilium

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Lot. In feudal and old English law. Aid; a kind of tribute paid by the vassal to his lord, being one of the incidents of the tenure by knight's service.

Spelman.

See Aid, Auxilia ad filium primogenitum militem faciendum, vel ad JUiam primogenitam maritandam; aids to make the eldest son a knight, or to marry the eldest daughter. Bract, fol.

86 b.

A subsidy or tallage paid to the king. Spelman, Cowell, In old practice. Aid or help to defend a suit. Auxilium petere; to pray aid. Coufell,

See Aid.