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Carucage

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

A taxation of land by the caruca or carue. The caruca was as much land as a man could cultivate in a year and a day with a single plough (caruca). Carucage, earugage, or carnage was the tribute paid for each caruca by the carucarius, or tenant. Spelman; Cowell.