Definition of Chevage

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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Chevage
    Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    Same as chiefage.

  • Chevage
    Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    A sum of money paid by vll-lelns to their lords in acknowledgment of their bandage. Chevage seems also to have been used for a sum of money yearly given to a man of power for his countenance and protection as a chief or leader. Termes de la Ley; Cowell.