Fuage
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
or FOCAQE. Hearth money; a tax laid upon each fireplace or hearth.
1 Bl. Comm. 324; Spelman.
An Imposition of a shilling for every hearth, levied by Edward III. (the Black Prince) in the dukedom of Aquitaine. FUER (Law Pr.; from Lat. fugere).
In old English law
To fly or flee; to chase or drive. Kelham; Law Fr. Diet. Flight. Fuer en fait, flight in fact, was when a man did apparently and corporally flee. Fuer en ley, flight in law, was when, being called in the county court, he failed to appear; for this was "flight," in interpretation of law.
Staund.
P. C. lib.
3, c. 22; Cowell.