Footgeld
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
An amercement for not cutting out the ball or cutting off the claws of a dog's feet (expeditating him). To be quit of footgeld is to have the privilege of keeping dogs in the forest unlawed without punishment or control. Manw. For. Laws, pt.